A pair of masked men were caught on a family's Ring doorbell as they tried to break into their home in the early hours last week. The 42-year-old said when his wife opened the Ring app they saw one of the men covering the camera and he immediately ran downstairs to confront the pair. After the doorbell chimed and Mr Parmar's light was turned on upstairs, the men ran off but not before they broke through the door. The Ring camera footage shows Mr Parmar coming through the door and shouting seconds after the pair left, while appearing to wield a baseball bat. Mr Parmar and his family have lived in West Wickham for six years - he said nothing like this had happened before and burglaries and break-ins were 'not common in the area'.

Source: Daily Mail March 10, 2026 17:53 UTC