Thief caught on camera stealing from eatery before taking a nap

A brazen thief who broke into a popular restaurant helped himself to thousands of pounds in cash and booze – before taking a nap inside the premises.

The culprit even tried out some Army-style manoeuvres as he spent more than eight hours in the Giddy Goose on Monday night.

His escapades at the Perth Road eatery in Dundee were all captured on CCTV.

During his time in the premises he drank beer, creme de cassis and sambuca before making off with goods and cash worth a high five-figure sum.

He even went as far as to update his Facebook profile and, despite realising he was being caught on camera, continued to “commando crawl” around the restaurant.

Restaurant owner Calum Runciman said: “If it wasn’t so sickening it would be funny.

“What he did was unbelievable. It’s hard to believe he could be so stupid.

“For the first four hours he had no idea he was being caught on CCTV. Then when it did eventually click with him he carried on regardless.

“He went to great lengths to cover his face, even crawling along the ground commandostyle to try to avoid showing his face on camera.

“It was a bit late by then because we already had four hours of him captured.

“This is actually pretty devastating for us.

“We are a small family-run business and we employ about 40 staff.”

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “We can confirm there was a break-in at the Giddy Goose between midnight and 8am on Monday.

“A quantity of cash and alcohol was stolen. Inquiries are continuing.”