Woman woken by burglars searching for car keyspublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 16 August 2018
A woman in a North Yorkshire village was woken up by masked burglars who had broken into her house, entered the bedroom where she was sleeping and were searching for her car keys.
Police have described the actions of the burglars during the break-in at a house in Sutton-in-Craven in the early hours of Tuesday morning as "disturbing".
The victim was was woken by the two masked men at about 04:10. They told her to hand over the keys to her BMW which was parked outside.
She gave them the keys to another vehicle and then both men left the house, leaving the keys and her car.
Quote MessageThis is a disturbing incident which has left the homeowner understandably shaken and upset."
North Yorkshire Police