Watch This Family's "emotional turmoil" as creepy footage captures burglar sneaking into home as children slept upstairs By Lucinda Herbert , Stephen Briggs Published 26th Jul 2024, 14:02 BST Updated 27th Jul 2024, 05:00 BST Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Chilling CCTV footage shows the moments when a burglar crept in and out of a home - forcing his way in through a window - while children slept upstairs. The crook was caught on the home CCTV system climbing in into the house before leaving with two bags, one which contained a laptop, Samsung tablet and various tools, the other containing children’s items including clothing, toys and emergency medication. Forced open a window Chilling footage (click to view above) shows Wayne McKie, 46, before and after he forced open a ground-floor window of a house in Peterborough.
Police immediately recognised McKie from the CCTV, having dealt with him for similar offences in the past. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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Read More Video shows moment mass brawl breaks out at kids boxing event as thugs with knives and axes wreak havoc Caught on CCTV: Prolific shoplifter assaults security guard to steal alcohol from store 'I warned you': Killer stabbed Lidl shopper to death after begging hospital to section him for mental illness On 26 June McKie was spotted in Deeping St James by one of the team’s sergeants who was off duty, so immediately contacted his colleagues who found and arrested McKie in Lincoln Road, Northborough. Wayne McKie, 46, jailed for burglary | Cambs Police Victims feel ‘unsafe in their own home’ McKie, of no fixed address, appeared at Peterborough Crown Court on Thursday where he admitted a charge of burglary including theft and was sentenced to a year and ten months in prison. Detective Constable Matt Reed, who investigated for Cambridgeshire Police, welcomed the sentence and said: “The effect McKie’s actions have had on the victims cannot be underestimated – understandably they have been left in what they have described as ‘emotional turmoil’ and feeling unsafe in their own home, no one should ever be made to feel this way.
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