Joel Lawrence who has been jailed after admitting three burglaries in Norwich last year.
- Credit: Norfolk Constabulary
A student chased a burglar out of his flat after waking to find the raider at the bottom of the bed he and his partner were sleeping in.
Joel Lawrence, 48, who has 57 previous convictions for 146 offences - including 19 burglaries - got into a flat in Mandells Court, near Elm Hill, Norwich through an unlocked door.
Norwich Crown Court heard a young couple were awoken by a noise and “saw a figure at the end of the bed”.
Ian James, prosecuting, said: It must’ve been extremely frightening.
Stephen Cooke chuckles when it is put to him that setting up a new business during a pandemic could be deemed crazy, creative or courageous. “A bit of everything, a mix of those things anyways,” he laughs.
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