A DRUNK Scots lad gave a mum the fright of her life when she found him asleep on her couch - in his parent's old house.

Elaine McDade, 43, had been watching TV in bed with her children on Saturday night in Glasgow when she popped downstairs for a drink.

3 Thomas fell asleep on Elaine's couch after letting himself in

After hearing some noise in her living room, she looked through the door to discover 26-year-old Thomas Airlie, an engineer, in an alcohol-induced slumber on her couch.

The poor lad had let himself in the wrong house and gone to sleep on her couch - but not before taking his shoes off at the door and helping himself to a drink from the fridge.

Elaine claims she woke the 'apologetic' man immediately before her husband dropped him off at the nearest ASDA because he couldn’t remember where he lived.

The dance teacher later discovered that she had forgotten to lock the door for the first time and Thomas had later drunkenly entered after getting a taxi there.

Elaine said: “He even took his shoes off at the back door. He was a very polite guy.

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“I’d just arrived back from London that night and my husband was at work.

“I was in bed with the kids on Saturday night and got up to make myself a drink.

“We were watching TV for about an hour and a half. I don’t know if he was already in the house by then.

“Later on I went back downstairs and that's when I saw him fast asleep."

3 Elaine got a fright, but said he was very apologetic

Thomas, who had been out with a group of friends, was happily snoozing on Elaine’s corner sofa when he was woken by the homeowner.

He had left his friends at around 11pm that night and got in a taxi back to his parents' old house instead of his current home.

Elaine said: “When I saw him I woke him up straight away. I even asked him if he used to live here, or if he lived in the same street now and had just got the wrong door.

“I phoned my husband and he agreed to take him home but he didn’t even know where he lived so he dropped him off at ASDA instead.

“There was a lady who knew his parents and she said she couldn’t believe what had happened.

“She sent him the photo and I got a message from him on Facebook saying ‘oh my god, I can’t apologise enough.’

“After seeing the picture, he found it funny. He saw the funny side and he was very apologetic.

“To be honest, even just by the way he was lay, I could see he was just a normal guy who’d had too much to drink.

“I knew straight away he was just p*****. I knew he wasn’t an intruder or a ‘down and out’.

“If that was the case I would just have grabbed the kids and went outside.”

Elaine had just returned from a business trip in London and claims her excitement to see her kids made her forget to lock the door.

She has now vowed to be extra cautious next time and has learned her lesson.

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Elaine said: “I always lock the door but I had been away in London for a week and was desperate to get back to see my boy.

“I’d driven back from London and was unpacking my car when I saw the excitement on my son’s face and got distracted.

“Every single time I walk through that door I automatically lock it. The one time I forget and this happens. I’ve learned my lesson."

Thomas had been out with a group of 12 friends and his mate Robbie McKean claims they will 'never let him forget' his drunken antics.

Robbie said: "Our friend had a baby boy not long ago so we were out wetting the baby’s head and we basically had a free night so we overindulged a wee bit.

"I can happily say he doesn’t walk into people's houses and sleep on their couch on a regular basis and our group will most definitely never let him forget it."

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