Burglar spotted trying to get into Woody Allen’s home
Movie director Woody Allen was spared heartache when neighbours spotted a burglar trying to enter his home and called police.
The 74-year-old star rents a home in Knightsbridge, London, and the property was almost burgled during the festive period when he was not at home.
A group of people squatting in a nearby building saw the man trying to get into the house through the front door and called police.
Mark Guard, who is making a film about squatters in the upmarket area, said: “He [the burglar] broke off some shoots from a bamboo plant, then he waited until the coast was clear and spent three or four minutes poking the bamboo through the letterbox.
“By this stage we’d already rung the police. They sealed off the square and searched with dogs for half an hour before they arrested a man.”
A 31-year-old man has since been charged with burglary and will appear at Isleworth Crown Court later this month.
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