Suspected burglar found sleeping in child-size bed

A man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after police found him sleeping in a child's bedroom.

Officers attended a house in Newark, Nottinghamshire, at about 03:15 BST on Wednesday after reports it was being burgled.

Nottinghamshire Police said a 24-year-old man was found sleeping on a small "floor bed" in one of the rooms of the house - which was otherwise empty.

After waking the man up and establishing he was not the homeowner, officers arrested the suspect and placed him in handcuffs.

The force said officers found one of the windows of the house had been smashed when they arrived, leading them to search the property.

Police body-worn camera footage showed the man lying on his side on a small bed, next to a cot in a bedroom with animal-printed wallpaper.

Insp Dale Smith said: "As it turned out, the property was completely empty, aside from one man who was lying down on a floor bed in one of the rooms.

"As shown by our robust response to this burglary report, we will always treat incidents of this nature seriously and act accordingly."

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