Police are appealing for help to identify the man (Picture: Caters)

A burglar took a selfie sitting at a dining table in his victim’s house while she showered.

The photo was taken on the mother-of-two’s mobile phone and only discovered weeks later in October.

The victim, who is only being referred to as Susan, said she believes she was in the shower when the man took the photo as her handbag is visible and she never leaves the house without it.

The man is thought to have only stolen food, leaving other valuable items behind.


Susan said she has changed all the locks in her house in the Barbican area of Plymouth.



‘In the picture he looks comfortable in my home. All the locks have now been changed, [there are] bolts on the patio doors and I’m contemplating getting a dog,’ she said.

‘I showed the picture to friends and family and they are absolutely horrified at it. It took me a week before I could stay in the house again.’

She went on to say: ‘Now, every time I hear a noise I flinch. It’s the fact that he sat at my dining table, while I was in the house and if it wasn’t for him taking that picture I wouldn’t have ever known.

‘That’s what frightened me the most. The creepiest thing was him not taking anything of worth, it’s unnerving.

‘I want to know who he is and why he came into my home. I will feel safe when I know who he is.’

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were investigating the incident.