LONDON -- In the world of bungled burglaries, this one stands head and shoulders, upside down, above the rest.
One unlucky intruder was caught dangling from a window at Nottingham Trent University's Arkwright building Friday night by two students.
Daniel De Niet and Tom Burdett said they found the man hanging 2.5 metres off the ground when they came home from a night out. He'd been there for five hours.
"I got to the top of the stairs and I heard shouting and screaming for help," Mr De Niet said. "I looked up and saw someone wedged in the window."
"He was actually doing a handstand whilst his legs were jammed in place in the window frame. He was in a lot of pain; he was crying when we first got there. He was in a lot of distress."
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Mr Burdett added: "I turned the corner and saw a pair of legs sticking out of a window quite far up. I was in pure hysterics. I couldn't stop laughing for a good few minutes."
The suspected robber, Carl Attar, 27, was charged with burglary and remanded in custody. He appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court Monday and will be kept in custody until Feb 2.