Man smashes way into Kettering house...before apologising because he "got the wrong address"

A man smashed in the front door of a house in Kettering - before saying sorry to the woman inside because he meant to enter another home.

The victim, a woman in her 20s, was in bed at her home in Sackville Street when she was startled on Monday (August 3).

At about 7.30am a suspect gained entry to her home by smashing in the front door.

But once inside he apologised to the woman, saying he had the wrong address.

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said a 37-year-old Burton Latimer man has since been charged with criminal damage in relation to the incident.

Philip James Moore, of Nene Road, will face magistrates at a later date.

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