A burglar who stakes out multimillion pound houses before terrorising the inhabitants with a sawn-off shotgun is believed to have a military background. Four police forces are hunting the man, who has committed seven aggravated burglaries since 2014 and stolen £1 million in jewellery and watches. Officers said yesterday that the “professionalism” of the burglaries suggested that they were looking for a former serviceman or someone with training in law enforcement. The countess disturbed the burglar outside her bedroom after he had scaled a ladder to an upstairs window in January 2016. When her husband, 62, intervened, he was hit on the head and…

Source: The Times January 30, 2018 00:11 UTC