Working nights does take it out of you; ask the burglar who fell asleep on the couch of his victim.

With 38 previous arrests under his belt, the man was obviously in need of a well-deserved career break – and a good night’s sleep, because no sooner as he had gained access to a flat occupied by female university students, than he sat down on an obviously comfy couch and nodded off.

The scream from one of the girls upon being discovered woke him and he ran for the door, but not before snatching a purse with 138 euros in it. Hmmm… in the sort of films I watch, that sort of scenario normally ends up in spontaneous nudity, but I digress.

However, this was not the last robbery that the man was involved in because weeks later he broke into a bar, prizing up the shutters and made off with the till. Owing to the noise, one of the neighbours woke and managed to get a photograph of the man as he fled – the police immediately recognised this ‘old hand.’

Curiously, when the police tracked him down to a shelter for the homeless – which explains the attraction of a comfy sofa, perhaps – he readily confessed to the crime and having pocketed the 100-euro contents of the till. I say curiously because the bar owner claimed that there were 800 euros in the till.

Now, admit it; your first conclusion was that the thief was telling the truth, wasn’t it, regardless of the fact that he is a habitual purveyor of adjacent property and the bar owner, a businessman struggling to make ends meet in these trying economical times.

Note: The gentleman pictured above is not the burglar nor a burglar; just the subject of a convenient photo for the purpose of this article.

(News: Metropolitan Area, Granada, Andalucia)