COUPLE SEE HOUSE RAIDED ON MOBILE
Shock for family as CCTV spots burglar Mother sends a roast in post
A HORRIFIED couple watched a burglar raiding their home while they were 120 miles away on a seaside break.
Donna Marusamy’s phone is linked to a home security system, so when sensors picked up movement in her garden the headteacher and her husband logged on to their CCTV.
They then looked on helplessly as a hooded thief stalked ® through their lounge before creeping upstairs. brother-in-law and managed
He snatched passports and to flee before officers arrived. jewellery including husband Donna, 37, said her two children Nathan’s wedding ring. are now too terrified to
The couple called police sleep in their beds at home in from their hotel in Burnhamon-Sea, Sutton Coldfield, West Mids. Somerset, but the thief And the mother insisted the was disturbed by Donna’s family never want to go on holiday again. Donna said she “panicked” when she saw the thief sneaking into her house through the conservatory.
She added: “My heart just went ‘no’. I wanted to scream and shout but we were just totally speechless.” But Donna has not yet given up all hope of catching the intruder.
She said: “I am overwhelmed at the response of Birmingham and neighbouring cities – and even people abroad – in trying to catch this guy.” A ROAST chicken dinner with lashings of gravy is among the oddest items sent in the post.
The Sunday roast, complete with vegetables, was sent by the parents of a student who was living away from home and was homesick.
The Sunday roast arrived fully plated and covered in cling film, confirmed a spokesman for the firm hired to deliver it.
Other odd items sent by the firm included an unpackaged sex toy, a single leaf and a suit of armour, which was sent to the wrong address by a museum.
Dawn Henderson, of ParcelsPlease.com, said: “We often get strange requests from customers wanting to mail something out of the ordinary.
“We certainly felt for one poor lady who had to sign for an unpackaged adult toy, as there was no doubt the postman would have known what he was delivering.”