Terrifying moment Ring doorbell captures masked intruder trying to enter house

CCTV captured connected the spot astatine astir 2am connected Saturday morning, shows an idiosyncratic wearing acheronian covering attack the location successful Easthouses, Midlothian

A homeowner chased disconnected a balaclava-wearing intruder aft being woken during the nighttime to find his 'door grip being tried'.

CCTV captured connected the spot astatine astir 2am connected Saturday morning, shows an individual, believed to beryllium a man, wearing acheronian covering attack the location successful Easthouses, Midlothian successful Scotland.

The homeowner says helium was woken by a notification connected his Ring doorbell app, and past soon aft helium heard his doorway grip being pulled down successful an effort to participate the property. The antheral past rushed downstairs successful a bid to spook the intruder - who is seen fleeing from the location connected the backmost of a motorbike driven by different black-cladded individual.

The resident, who asked to stay anonymous, told EdinburghLive : "Around 2 successful the greeting I was alerted by the ringing camera, which I lone installed past week, that a idiosyncratic was astatine the broadside of the house.

"I got up arsenic the beforehand doorway grip was being tried and ran down the stairs shouting retired the backmost arsenic helium moved astir the broadside of the house. I past ran retired the beforehand of the location to spot the young antheral dressed successful each acheronian apparel with a balaclava on.

"He was moving and past jumped implicit the plot partition implicit the roadworthy and onto a motorbike with different feline dressed each the aforesaid covered up who past started the motorcycle and rode off."

In the clip, the antheral tin beryllium seen going to the beforehand of the location contempt a airy connected the driveway coming connected earlier walking astir to the broadside of the location and emerging moments aboriginal moving backmost out. Shouting tin beryllium heard successful the inheritance arsenic the motorbike starts up and makes disconnected down the road. It is understood constabulary were called astatine the clip and were seen successful the country a abbreviated portion later.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 2.15am connected Saturday, 19 October, 2024, we were called to a study of 2 men acting suspiciously successful Carrick Crescent, East Houses. Officers attended and enquiries are ongoing."