Burglar hung out washing and cooked meal for victim

A pistillate discovered her location had been breached into by a burglar who hung retired her washing, enactment her buying distant and cooked a repast connected her stove.

Damian Wojnilowicz, 36, was jailed for 22 months astatine Cardiff Crown Court connected Thursday for carrying retired the antithetic burglary successful Monmouthshire connected 16 July.

The pistillate said she was was near excessively frightened to enactment successful her ain location aft returning from enactment to find items had been moved successful the plot and her recycling bin had been emptied.

The burglar near her a enactment saying: "Don't worry, beryllium happy, devour up and scratch."

The tribunal besides heard the vertebrate feeders had been refilled and works pots had been moved.

Inside the house, a brace of shoes had been removed from packaging, which was placed successful the recycling bin.

Prosecutor Alice Sykes said a repast had been cooked utilizing items from the woman's cupboard.

Shopping had been taken from a container and placed successful the fridge, which had been rearranged.

Kitchen utensils had been placed successful the bin, and caller ones from the buying container had been laid out.

And toothbrush heads had been replaced connected toothbrushes, an bare vessel of vino had been placed successful a rack having been drunk, and the level had been cleaned with a mop and bucket near out.

The unfortunate besides saw a vessel of reddish vino had been near retired adjacent to a solid and vessel opener, and determination was a vessel of sweets connected the surviving country table.

She spoke to her neighbour who described seeing idiosyncratic hanging retired washing.

In a unfortunate idiosyncratic statement, the pistillate unfortunate said: "Two weeks aft the transgression until helium was caught, I was surviving successful a authorities of heightened anxiousness I had ne'er experienced before.

"I wondered if it was idiosyncratic who knew me, if it was going to crook into a stalking incident, if helium knew I lived unsocial and if I had been targeted.

"I was excessively frightened to enactment successful my ain location and stayed with a friend."

A 2nd burglary took spot astatine different location connected 29 July, erstwhile the antheral homeowner received a CCTV alert connected his telephone which showed Wojnilowicz walking connected his driveway.

The suspect went connected to usage the ablution successful a summerhouse to lavation and cleanable his clothes. Food and portion had besides been consumed and the blistery tub had besides been near dirty.

The unfortunate asked his son-in-law to be the spot and the suspect appeared to beryllium drunk and was holding a glass.

He was asked to permission and did so, but the burglar was aboriginal arrested. His DNA was recovered connected fingerprints from the archetypal spot helium burgled.

The homeowner said helium felt "sick, horrified, and useless" erstwhile helium became alert of the burglary.

Tabitha Walker, defending Wojnilowicz, said her lawsuit was stateless astatine the clip of the offences and was undergoing a fig of difficulties. She said helium was apologetic to the victims, and for the harm helium had caused to them.

Sentencing, Recorder Christian Jowett said: "This was a important intrusion successful their homes."

Wojnilowicz, of nary fixed abode, pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of burglary.

The tribunal heard helium has 4 erstwhile convictions for offences including communal assault, nationalist bid offences, and failing to surrender.