‘It is everyone’s worst fear and it was horrible’: Joel Dommett reveals a burglar broke into his and wife Hannah Cooper’s home while they were out before police tasered the thief
Joel Dommett has revealed he and his wife Hannah Cooper watched on helplessly on a security camera as a burglar ransacked their Surrey home.
The comedian, 36, told how the couple were left in tears when they watched the thief going through thousands of pounds worth of handbags and shoes after he smashed a window to get into their house while they were out.
Speaking during a work-in-progress stand-up show seen by The Sun, Joel said police were forced to use a taser on the burglar when he tried to flee the scene.
Terrifying: Joel Dommett has revealed he and his wife Hannah Cooper watched on helplessly on a security camera as a burglar ransacked their Surrey home
He said: ‘After we got married, we finally moved to a new house. We got burgled fairly shortly after we moved in. It was mad.
‘It is everyone’s worst fear and it was horrible. We saw on our CCTV camera this guy in our garden, and luckily me and her weren’t in the house, but we saw it and rang the police and drove home.
‘It was mad as we saw on the cameras the police arrive and we weren’t sure if the guy had left. We arrived and the police had gone in through the smashed french window and the guy was in there for 15 minutes.’
Joel described how the thief put shoes and handbags into boxes and he and Hannah were ‘traumatised’ when they finally got back home.
Break-in: The comedian, 36, told how the couple were left in tears when they watched the thief going through thousands of pounds worth of handbags and shoe (pictured in 2020)
The Masked Singer presenter added that the thief was sentenced to four years in prison.
MailOnline has contacted a representative for Joel Dommett for comment.
Also during the gig, Joel said he and Hannah are unsure if they want children or not and joked they are getting a sofa instead of a baby.
Joel and model Hannah married in a romantic ceremony in Mykonos, Greece in September 2019.
He said: ‘We saw on our CCTV camera this guy in our garden, and luckily me and her weren’t in the house, but we saw it and rang the police and drove home’ (pictured in 2019)
The former I’m A Celebrity star previously revealed the romantic, yet slightly awkward, way he proposed to her.
During an appearance on Celebrity Karaoke Club, he told Scarlett Moffatt and Jess Wright how he popped the question.
He said: ‘She was about to get home and I had lit, like, 150 candles or something. I got so hot, I was sweating! I put on this classical music and it was just really bumming me out.’
Crime: The Masked Singer presenter added that the thief was sentenced to four years in prison (pictured in 2020)
Joel quickly changed the music he was playing before Hannah got home which made for an awkward moment when he proposed.
He said: ‘She was about to get home and I quickly changed it to a soundtrack classical playlist.
‘She came in and I got down on one knee and honestly, the moment I said: “Will you marry me?” the Jurassic Park theme tune came on.’
Couple: Joel and model Hannah married in a romantic ceremony in Mykonos, Greece in September 2019