ScarlettHarlot
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Middlesbrough, UK
Peter McGlade, 48, and Michael Mather, 25.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/burglars-caught-hiding-up-25ft-6607946
It was a case for 'special branch' when two burglars hid up a tree after a house raid - then tried to pretend they had nothing to do with their crimes.
A police helicopter tracked down the hapless pair using heat-seeking cameras - and found them 25-ft up a conifer in a back garden.
Peter McGlade, 48, and Michael Mather, 25, claimed they had nothing to do with the night-time break-in, despite leaving their shoes, dark clothes, neck tubes, gloves and a black torch in the shrubbery. The pair had also left tell tale clues from their footwear at crime scenes.
The dopey duo - who came down half-dressed - said they “were just passing” when they decided to climb a tree in a back garden.
Professional burglar McGlade was jailed for seven years and Mather was given four years and nine months after a judge found they showed no remorse.
The court heard how £60,000 worth of property was stolen during 21 raids over seven weeks across Teesside and Co Durham. The spree came to an end when the two men were seen with ladders, trying to get through a window and neighbours in Middlesbrough called police in March.
Peter McGlade, 48, and Michael Mather, 25.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/burglars-caught-hiding-up-25ft-6607946