Police are hunting a suspected thief who broke into a home wearing a fancy dress-style burglar outfit of a hat, gloves – and most importantly a stripey jumper.
The man dressed just like children’s book character Burglar Bill was caught on camera inside a house.
Police released the video in the hope it would help catch the man, who broke into a home in Bath, Somerset.
He seemed to have dressed the part, wearing a navy t-shirt with white stripes, and a black peaked cap, just like Burglar Bill, the main character in Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s eponymous children’s book.
The burglar also wore black jeans and blue gloves as he crossed the front room of the house in the Lansdown area of the the UNESCO Heritage city on July 28.
Police are hunting this suspected thief who broke into a home wearing a fancy dress-style burglar outfit of a hat, gloves – and a stripey jumper

The man dressed just like children’s book character Burglar Bill was caught on camera inside a house in Bath, Somerset
This is not the first time police have sought a Burglar Bill lookalike after a real-life thief adopted the name when he popped into a Waitrose store.
The thief and an accomplice – who was dressed in a far less eye-catching black hooded top – were captured stealing two cameras and Xbox controllers from Waitrose in Southend, Essex, on Christmas Eve.
One staff member at Waitrose commented: ‘It is quite comical to see the similarity between this guy and Burglar Bill.
‘You would have thought he would wear something less conspicuous when breaking into the store.’

The intruder dressed the part, wearing a navy t-shirt with white stripes, a black peaked cap, just like Burglar Bill, the main character in Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s eponymous children’s book

The burglar also wore black jeans and blue gloves as he crossed the front room of the house in the Lansdown area of the the UNESCO Heritage city on July 28
The children’s book, published by Penguin from 1977 to 1999, followed Bill as he sneaked down dimly-lit streets, climbed up walls and crept into houses through unlocked windows to steal food and goods completely undetected.
His life is then turned around when he accidentally steals a baby who helps him turn over a new leaf.
The book remains a children’s classic and can still be ordered online.

Children’s favourite: Burglar Bill is ‘a very naughty man’ until he accidentally steals a baby who helps him turn over a new – and law-abiding – leaf