Robert Harvey, of Conway Street in Birkenhead, aged 34 (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar who woke up an 11-year-old boy by breaking into his bedroom at night and eating a packet of crisps sent a 20-word message to his victims as he was locked up. Robert Harvey "stumbled into" the family home in an intoxicated stupor before making his way from room to room within the property.

When confronted, the intruder then began nonsensically rambling "about the toilet seat being grey". He subsequently left the address after pocketing four bags of crisps, cigarettes and a tenner but later broke down in tears, having sobered up following his arrest.

Liverpool Crown Court heard this week that the boy was asleep at the house in Rock Ferry , Wirral , at around 3am on October 22 this year but a

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