Police catch bar burglar asleep next to half a cheesecake
Mark Cooper was woken up by officers called to the scene of his crime and was jailed just two days later.
Police responding to a report of a break-in at a bar and restaurant found the burglar asleep at the scene next to a half-eaten cheesecake.
Mark Cooper, 41, was roused by the arresting officers on Saturday morning in Sunderland and jailed for 26 weeks by magistrates on Monday, Northumbria Police said.
The police arrived within four minutes and found Cooper fast asleep on the floor, along with the half-eaten cheesecake.
Video from an officer’s body-worn camera showed him looking bewildered and shouting “whoa, whoa, whoa” to the police, one of whom tells him to “wake up”.
When Cooper appeared to ask what was happening, he was told: “You broke into a bar, man.”
After the case, Detective Constable Catherine Gibson said: “This burglary clearly proved to be tiring work for Cooper, and it’s safe to say he was brought back to the real world with a bump when awoken by our officers.”
Officers are continuing to investigate others thought to have been involved in the break-in.
