| 1 | | As a retired judge, Dudley | | 3 | | Mr Thomas thinks that it must |
| | Thomas takes security seriously. So | | | | have slipped into the house after |
| | when he awoke to find that an | | | | walking along a garden wall, scaling |
| | intruder had been in his house | | | | the balcony and climbing through a |
| | during the night, he knew that | | | | first-floor living room window. “I’m |
| | whoever did it had to be very smart. | | | | flabbergasted about its [id:86582] ”, said |
| 2 | | There was no sign of a break-in; | | | | Mr Thomas, who heard nothing |
| | the only possible point of entry was | | | | during the night of the raid. |
| | a partially open window 30ft off the | | 4 | | “We see foxes around where we |
| | ground. Indeed, the only evidence | | | | live all the time. A couple of months |
| | that a raider had been in the house | | | | ago two baby girls were seriously |
| | was a gnarled shoe, a chewed up | | | | injured by a fox that attacked them |
| | leather sofa – and a telltale smell. | | | | as they slept in their bedroom. We |
| | “A rat or cat could not have done it | | | | don’t have any small children in the |
| | and there were no dogs in the | | | | house, but after recent incidents |
| | house. I also don’t think it was an | | | | people might want to be careful |
| | angry person I had dealt with in | | | | about leaving windows open if they |
| | court. I noticed a fox smell, which | | | | do.” |
| | confirmed my suspicion,” said Mr | | | | |
| | Thomas. | | | | The Daily Telegraph, 2010 |
