A burglar claimed he was looking for his cat when he was confronted by a 76-year-old woman inside a house he was raiding.
The thief got into the home, in Flemming Crescent, Leigh, through an unlocked kitchen window.
He was searching for items to steal in one of the bedrooms when the home owner disturbed him after she heard a noise.
The crook told the woman he was in her bedroom looking for his lost cat and then ran out of the house.
He was described as a tubby white man, with dark hair, and he spoke with a foreign accent.
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