A prolific offender caught red-handed trying to take a television set from students claimed he was trying to stop someone else burgling the accommodation, a court heard.Drug user John Harris, aged 44, told police he only entered his neighbours' property when he saw the real thief inside.But Harris was caught by students returning home in the early hours with a wide-screen television hanging from the wall – and nobody else around.Harris, who has convictions for burgling homes, eventually...
