A couple were left traumatised after they found an intruder high on drugs in their sleeping four-year-old son’s bedroom.
But another shock was to follow when police said they would not prosecute the man, even though he had confessed.
Tanja Compton found the man asleep on the floor when she went to wake her son Rubins. Her screams disturbed him and he fled, but not before her partner James Attrill took a picture of the 6ft bearded stranger.
Mark Hill was swiftly caught. He was arrested and admitted he had been in the boy’s room. But to the astonishment of Mr Attrill and Miss Compton, police dropped all the charges and let him go.
Officers told the couple that Hill had been cautioned for drug offences but otherwise had not broken the law – as he had gained access to the house through the back door, which had been left unlocked.
The only action that could be taken was for trespass – which is a civil matter, not a criminal offence. That would mean the couple taking out their own court case against the unemployed 24-year-old.
‘I can’t believe the police have dropped the charges and are refusing to prosecute him,’ said Mr Attrill, 31, who even tracked Hill down to confront him over what he had done.
SOURCE-DAILYM
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