No Good Deed....

An elderly couple who took pity on a career criminal have told how he repaid them - by burgling their home.

D'oh!

But was there any indication he'd be a hopeless recidivist?

Duncan, a 33-year-old drug addict, took coins from a money box and also stole a Tiffany necklace and earrings.

He was jailed for three years at Teesside Crown Court for burglary and a New Years Eve robbery with his partner.

Ah.

His lawyer, John Nixon, said: “He expresses an apology to the family through me.”

Are you just reading that off a cue card?