Robert Harvey 'stumbled into' the Wirral family home in an intoxicated stupor before making his way from room to room within the property. A boy woke up to find the creep eating crisps in his bedroom Robert Harvey, of Conway Street in Birkenhead, aged 34 (Image: Merseyside Police)

An 11-year-old lad was shocked to wake up and find a stranger munching on a packet of crisps in his bedroom. Robert Harvey, in a drunken daze, "stumbled into" the family home and began wandering from room to room.

When challenged, the intruder started babbling "about the toilet seat being grey". He eventually left the property, swiping four packets of crisps, cigarettes and a tenner, but later broke down crying after sobering up and being arrested, the court heard.

Liverpool Crown Court heard on Thu

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