A Tunisian woman was shocked, but not that shocked enough to prevent her from taking a selfie of a stranger sleeping in her bed.
After returning home as usual from office, when she opened the door to her flat in Bur Dubai she was shocked to found an intruder on bed.
She phoned up the police and posted the selfie with the stranger on her social media accounts with a quirky caption: “I got home and found a drunk intruder asleep in my bed. He tried to steal, but he failed.” The selfie went viral.
Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation, Major-General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri has clarified that the intruder was not a thief as the woman suggested, but a drunk and had entered the woman’s room unintentionally.
Colonel Abdullah Khadem, Director of Bur Dubai police station said the incident was reported on Thursday when the department received a call and police patrol rushed to her home where they found the man fast asleep in her bed and the woman was taking selfies.
“Investigations revealed that the man was visiting the watchman of the building, who is his friend. He consumed alcohol and felt sleepy. He sneaked into the woman’s room and slept in her bed,” said Col Khadem.
The stranger has been arrested and charged with trespassing and has been referred to the public prosecution.