A middle-aged Melbourne cat burglar broke into the homes of wealthy people and stole jewellery and valuables, including a $60,000 watch, to pay debts owed to people he met at the casino.
Chinese-born Di Miao, 54, pleaded guilty today to four burglaries at homes in Melbourne’s affluent eastern suburbs over several years, sometimes wearing a black wig as a disguise.
But Miao’s lawyer says the burglaries were far from being the work of a “Pink Panther-like” master thief and were rather the “clumsy” crimes of a desperate single father.
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