Call Him Mini-Burglar

A dwarf was used by a gang of burglars to squeeze through gaps that were too small for a full-sized person and help them plunder houses.

Lee Kildare, who suffers from a congenital condition and is 3ft 11in tall, climbed into tiny nooks and crannies to help strip empty buildings of scrap metal.

But the 22-year-old was caught in the act when a police officer spotted his head poking through a small hole in the front door of a property he was raiding.

His head is easy to spot, by the way: