Suspicious Movement Caught in Empty House: "A Man from the Next Door Appeared on Our Home CCTV"

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] A man who unlawfully entered the home of a woman living alone was caught by the police. The man was a neighbor living on the same floor of the adjacent building and was found to have entered the woman’s home several times through the veranda railing.

A man has caused an uproar by unlawfully entering the home of a woman living alone. The man, who resides on the same floor of the adjacent building, is believed to have accessed the woman's home through the balcony railing. Photo by SBS 'News 8'.

According to SBS on the 24th, Mr. A, who lives on the 6th floor of an officetel in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, sensed something strange after moving in earlier this year. For the past two months, whenever Mr. A went out and returned, windows that had been closed were found open, and the position of the tissue placed in the drainage pipe had changed.

Feeling uneasy, Mr. A changed the front door password three times, but the anxiety remained. As a result, Mr. A installed a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system in the home.

Five days later, while Mr. A was away, an alert about detected movement was sent to his mobile phone via the CCTV system. The footage showed a man wandering around various parts of Mr. A’s home. The man lingered inside for about five minutes before leaving through the front door.

Photo by SBS, screenshot from 'News 8' broadcast.

Mr. A immediately reported to the police, and when the police began their inquiry, the man turned himself in. The suspect was a man living on the same floor of the adjacent building and reportedly entered Mr. A’s home through the veranda railing. The distance between the railings of the two buildings was 1.2 meters.

During the police investigation, the man stated, "I was drunk and entered out of curiosity," and admitted, "I had broken in once before."

Mr. A claimed that the intrusions were habitual and requested a thorough investigation. However, the police forwarded the case to the prosecution without detention on charges of trespassing for only one incident captured on CCTV.

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