Family watched on app as burglar raided their home

VICTIMS WERE AWAY ON HOLIDAY

- By MARK NAYLOR

A FAMILY got a “horrible” and unexpected shock when they suddenly discovered to their horror that their home had been burgled by someone who knew that they were away.

All they could do was watch helplessly on a mobile phone app as the raider - a friend of their son - helped himself to their “treasured” possessions.

Among the stolen haul were cherished and irreplaceable cufflinks that one of the occupiers had worn on his wedding day, Hull Crown Court heard.

Kathum Abdullatif, 21, of Etherington Road, off Beverley Road, Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted an offence of burglary on August 25.

Stephen Welch, prosecuting, said that the occupiers of a house in Middleham Close, east Hull, were on holiday when they were alerted via a mobile phone app to the presence of trespassers at their home. A rear conservatory window had been smashed and there was glass inside the house.

Drawers had been opened and property was taken, particularly in a bedroom. The items stolen included two jewellery boxes, two Pandora boxes, a security camera, aftershave, two games consoles and a silver watch.