Robber run ragged by rapacious redhead
Two University of Otago students managed to chase down a burglar whilst dressed in their slippers, after the man tried to take three iPods from their Dundas St flat.
The ODT reported that students Kathryn Kennedy and Emily Reynolds became aware of the intruder after hearing loud noises from their downstairs lounge. The pair heard a male voice downstairs asking "Is Josie here?" Unsure about what was happening, both girls went downstairs and were alarmed to find a man wondering around their lounge. On seeing the students the man hastily left the flat.
The pair realised they had been robbed when they noticed three of their iPods were missing. They confronted the man outside their flat, who handed back two iPods after they began calling the police.
The man then tried to make a run for it through campus but was chased by Kennedy, a former sprinting champion. Using her mobile to inform police of the man's whereabouts, Kennedy pursued the man for about ten minutes before the police found him.
According to the ODT, the man was “visibly tired” by the time police caught up to him. The 31 year-old parolee is well known to police, and after the incident he was returned to prison to serve the remainder of a 2 year 3 month sentence for burglary.