Bare-bottomed burglar caught red handed

French police were called out to an unusual incident last week when they received calls from scared residents in villages in central France alerting them to the presence of a burglar who was targeting homes on the outskirts of the city of Saint Etienne while in the nude.

The burglar was spotted by a woman entering her house in the commune of Unieux. The frightened woman hid in her car and called the police. A few moments later, she watched the man emerge, after having helped himself to €1,000 in cash and her jewellery box. It was then she realised this burglar, was not your average thief, given the fact he was stark naked.



The man then got back into his car, and headed towards the neighbouring village of Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon. Still naked the burglar broke into a second house after smashing down the door. He then decided it was time to freshen up a bit and calmly took a shower in the home of his victim. After all that, he decided it was time to put some clothes on and dressed himself in shorts and a t-shirt that he found lying around.

He then stole a laptop from the house and returned to his home in Firminy where he was greeted by police officers, hand cuffs at the ready. The burglar admitted to the crimes, telling police he felt like he was “in an action movie”. However, he wasn’t able to tell police why he committed the burglaries, and why, more importantly, he did so completely naked. Given the lack of explanation for his acts, officers decided to admit him to a psychiatric hospital for tests.