Dopey burglar caught hiding in a bin - wearing a woman’s coat - in bungled Greater Manchester raid

A burglar has been jailed after breaking into a woman’s home to steal her TV - after being found hiding in a bin wearing her coat.

Lee Ullah, 47, was jailed for three years and nine months at Manchester Minshull Street Court on 15 February 2022 after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary and criminal damage.

The court heard the householder woke at 6am in November last year to find bungling Ullah in her house in Robinson Street in Chadderton. She noticed her TV was gone and when she challenged Ulah, he fled wearing her jacket.

She called police and officers later arrested Ullah, after they found him hiding in a bin still wearing the woman’s coat.

Ullah was also charged with a commercial burglary on Yorkshire Street on 7 July 2021, when damage estimated at £10,000 was caused and property valued at 10,000 stolen.

Following an investigation, Ullah was also found to have tried to sell one of the stolen items at a local shop.

In November 2021, Ullah attempted to burgle a house on Whitstable Close, Chadderton, causing another £10,000 of damage by smashing a large hole in the roof before climbing through it.

The investigation and subsequent charges were carried out by GMP’s Oldham Divisional Crime Team.