Aaron Bradford, left, dived into the cupboard when his victim returned home as he ransacked her property in Yelverton, Devon at 2.40pm. The homeowner called the police, who arrived and took away CCTV footage while the brazen 18-year-old burglar stood motionless in the wardrobe. He only emerged when his victim had gone to bed at 4am - snatching a camera, a Toshiba laptop and cash as he fled, Plymouth Crown Court, right, heard. ...read
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Caught on camera: The moment stranded motorist is rescued from submerged car by heroic driver as 500 flood alerts are issued for underwater Britain
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Too FAT to fly: Sick American woman dies in Hungary after 'airline kicks her off three New York flights because she was too obese'
Vilma Soltesz, 56, (pictured with her husband Janos) from New York, had weighed about 425 pounds or over 30 stone, had only one leg and used a wheelchair. She died from health complications in Hungary nine days after she was kicked off the first of three jets and her death could now be the cause of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the airlines
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