A Quick Knap?

Burglar found sleeping in house

He was nabbed after his nap when the homeowner returned and alerted the police before he woke up.

Prosecutor Muhammad Ashraff Diah says the 35-year-old man spent the whole night in the house in southern Malaysia last week.

When the police arrived he tried to run away, but they caught him and recovered money he taken from the house.

The man pleaded guilty to burglary. Well, obviously, in these circumstances, an alibi would have been difficult to rustle up.

It’s not the first time, however, that a thief has been found asleep on the job.

Last year blonde burglar Vanessa Joy Long did a Goldilocks impression when she broke into a home in Christchurch, New Zealand, and ate some food, drunk some alcohol, tried on some clothes she found – and fell asleep on the homeowner’s bed.

She was still catching 40 winks when the rather startled proprietor got back.

Naturally, he quietly called the police.