And a live burglary at that. Here when one speaks about a burglary it usually means that they were away when they were broken into.
He was a pathetic junkie, not even a ‘professional’ burglar. Hence I gave him a duffing, and he got 44 months for that and other burglaries.
Just 6 wks out of jail, he committed attempted murder and is now serving a 6 year term. Irony is that he was a pathetic snivelling wee coward when I and my brother caught him.