A Lanarkshire woman got the fright of her life when she was woken by a partially-undressed intruder.

The woman was sleeping in her bedroom when intruder Dylan McSkimming told her he was hiding from the police and refused to leave her home in Blantyre.

In a terrifying moment, he then went into another bedroom where a child was sleeping before finally agreeing to leave when the victim offered to drive him away.

McSkimming, 23, appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.

He admitted threatening or abusive behaviour at a house in Parkville Drive and two other Blantyre addresses on June 21, reports Lanarkshire Live .

The court heard McSkimming was a complete stranger but he gained entry to the woman's house via the front door after interfering with the locking mechanis

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