A burglar used his head to smash through a plate glass door at a school before stealing a £2,500 television.

CCTV footage shows the ram-raider running head-first through the glass before returning with the 42-inch plasma screen.

 

Staff at Walbottle Technology College in Newcastle say the thief, who appeared uninjured, was lucky not to kill himself.

 

Police hunting the man are appealing for information.

 

College head Mike Booth said the intruder was lucky the shards of glass had fallen to the floor after fragmenting.

 

He said: "The glass could have cut his throat.

 

"If it had been toughened glass he could have broken his neck and if it had been older glass it would have cracked and become jagged and he could have severed an artery.

 

"He was lucky, but it would have been his own fault if he had been hurt."

 

Pc Gary White, of Northumbria Police, said he had never heard of a burglar using this technique to enter a building.

 

"Usually people throw things through or break a window and climb through.

 

"It's just a weird incident and I can't understand why he has done this."

 

The Hitachi television had been hanging from a wall in the reception of the college.

 

The break-in occurred at the end of February.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/6424883.stm

 

I LIVE ALONG THE ROAD FROM THERE! THAT'S MY VILLAGE SCHOOL HAHA.

 

The village of Walbottle has made it big in the news!

 

Haha I was there an hour ago coaching my football team.

 

Awesome.

 

 

Edit: I don't study there... lol :P

 

 

 

 

My new claim to fame. We have some idiots around here haha. We've been making "it's a good place to come to get a TV" jokes all day.

LOLOL! He should be easy for the police to spot. Just look for the bloke whose forehead has been replace by a giant bruise,lol!:P

This shows how close I am...

Lol. Maybe he drove or ran right past your house.;)

Now that I think about it, I did see a bruise walk past with a TV.....

 

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Not really.

maybe he was trying to commit suicide. I'd love to PACE him about that:confused:

You've got to hand it to him though. He had a problem and he used his head.

 

Did he get away from the police? They could have given him a head start.