burglar

Featherbrained burglar breaks into same house four times

The owner of a beautiful holiday home in Plauen, Saxony, was in for a surprise when a 32-year-old man forced entry into the property on 4 separate occasions in just 4 weeks, as Bild reports.

Crime

Crafty 'crook' makes German court see double

It's a trick every identical twin knows - pass the blame on to your doppelgänger. And for a convicted burglar in Düsseldorf it might just free him from a lengthy jail sentence.

Crime

World's worst burglar locks himself in house

A would-be burglar in Bonn called the police on himself in the early hours of Saturday – after getting locked inside the house he was trying to loot.

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Hamburg homeowner shoots intruder dead

A Hamburg homeowner shot dead a masked man who broke into his house on Tuesday night. It was the third such fatal incident to have taken place in the last half year.