Man fell asleep covered in Doritos after breaking into a Coatbridge house

A man was discovered with a half-eaten pie and covered in Doritos after breaking into a home and falling asleep.

Police in Lanarkshire said the tired intruder ended up `sleeping on the job'.

It happened at a house in Corsewall Street in Coatbridge on Monday night.

Monklands Police tweeted: `We all feel tired when we start a shift & a thief who started his shift at 2345 yesterday was no different.

`He broke into a house on Corsewall St, decided on a pit stop, ate half a pie and fell asleep covered in Doritos. He woke up in cuffs.'

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: `At around 11.50pm on Monday police were called to a house on Corsewall Street in Coatbridge after a householder discovered a man in his house.

`A 46-year-old will be subject of a report to the procurator fiscal.'