Polish worker sleeps at wrong house

A man from Scunthorpe rolled over in his bed to discover a Polish workman in place of his wife.

Graham Handley's wife Linda had gone into their eight-year-old son Adam's room because he was having trouble sleeping. She had nodded off there while Graham slept in their bed.

His sleep was disturbed by the sound of someone getting under the covers and he muttered a greeting to Linda.

But he leapt out of bed when the reply was a deep baritone and in a foreign tongue.

The Polish worker went straight to sleep and would not move even when police arrived.

It is believed the exhausted immigrant worker who lived in a neighbouring street got confused after a late shift.

He walked into the Handley home through an unlocked back door, took off his shoes, ate a large chocolate cake from the kitchen and then went to sleep in Graham's bed.

According to the Mirror, Graham, 45, said: "He wouldn't get up for anyone. He told the police to go away and they were standing there laughing. Then a big burly officer came and took him downstairs."

Linda said: "Graham woke me up and said there was a man in bed with him. I thought he was dreaming and told him not to be stupid."

Police said a 25-year-old man had been cautioned.