{"id":305292,"date":"2025-07-31T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305292\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:51:12","slug":"moment-intruder-climbs-wall-of-home-in-edinburgh-as-woman-sleeps-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305292\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment intruder climbs wall of home in Edinburgh as woman sleeps inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magi Kidby was asleep inside the property but CCTV captured the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">CCTV has <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"captured Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">captured <\/a>the moment an intruder &#8216;stood on a wheelie bin and climbed up a wall&#8217; outside a house in Edinburgh while people were asleep inside the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The incident which happened at around 4am on July 30, shows a woman prowling around a property in Niddrie, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/moment-hooded-edinburgh-intruder-clambers-32168648\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"reports Edinburgh Live.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">reports Edinburgh Live.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The resident, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Magi Kidby,Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Magi Kidby,<\/a> claims a woman had lifted the wheelie bin from a different area and placed it in her garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The footageLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The footage<\/a> shows the woman on top of the bin before frantically trying to climb up the side of the wall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The woman spends some time looking at the bin before making the choice to get on top and access the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"building railings.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">building railings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_edinlive.png\" alt=\"The footage shows the intruder on top of a wheelie bin. \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The footage shows the intruder on top of a wheelie bin. (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Magi said: &#8220;She brought the wheelie bin into my garden, climbed onto it and then climbed onto the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"railingsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">railings<\/a> above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;In the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"processLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">process<\/a>, she was kicking the back door to the property which woke my daughter up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Back in June, it <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hooded intruder Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">hooded intruder <\/a>was caught on camera lurking around another property in West Lothian after dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The footage was taken in Broxburn in the early hours of Sunday, June 22 and seems to show a figure <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"prowlingLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">prowling<\/a> around properties on a residential West Lothian street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CCTV footageLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">CCTV footage<\/a> seems to show a hooded individual walking away from the doorway of the home and exiting through a front gate. However, when a car drives down the road, the shadowy figure appears to duck away from the road and hide below a row of bins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The resident told Edinburgh Live: &#8220;A hooded individual came through our neighbour&#8217;s garden,<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" creepingLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> creeping<\/a> under windows then to my door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It sounded like they tried the door handle then went to leave to run back into the garden, hiding from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"passing cars Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">passing cars <\/a>before leaving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;My partner saw the individual standing in the street as he went down to check. Once they noticed <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"my partnerLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">my partner<\/a>, they left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I felt uneasy even though I <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"always lockLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">always lock<\/a> my door, but this has now made me hyper aware of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magi Kidby was asleep inside the property but CCTV captured the incident. 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