Man broke into Australian family's home, watched daughter sleep, ate cheese and drank beer

  • 04/06/2023
A man broke into an Australian family's home and watched their baby daughter sleep.
A man broke into an Australian family's home and watched their baby daughter sleep. Photo credit: Getty Images

A man who broke into the home of an Australian family watched their six-month-old daughter sleep, then ate some cheese and drank a beer before being chased out of the house by the irate father. 

Tom and Isabella Ridgewell told 9 News the man broke into their Tweed Heads house while they were sleeping. 

CCTV footage showed him watching their six-month-old daughter sleep in her crib. 

The footage then showed him take a block of cheese and a beer out of the fridge and sit on the sofa to enjoy the snack, 9 News reported. 

"He had every opportunity to take what we have and [he took] nothing," Tom told 9 News. 

"It was almost like he was at home with how he was acting."

Tom eventually woke up and chased the intruder out of the house with a baseball bat.