It was 2.30 in the morning. Samantha and Philip
Matthews and their three children were asleep upstairs
in their beautiful brand new home, when
Samantha was woken up by a noise downstairs.
She nudged her husband but he was fast asleep, so
she decided to go down and investigate. She slowly
crept out of bed and down the stairs.
When she got to the bottom of the stairs, she listened
out forthe sound again, but it had stopped. As she was
turning to go upstairs, she felt a breeze on the back of
her neck and realised the living room window was
open. Samantha was about to close the window when
she realized the catch had been broken. That's when
she knew somebody had been in the house. She ran
to callthe police. Within minutes they had arrived, and
caught somebody running across a neighbouring
field.
Their house had been burgled, but the criminal was
caught and taken to court. She was very relieved to
hear that he was going to be put in prison.