An intruder has been jailed for more than two years after a series of disturbing incidents in Blantyre. ‌

Dylan McSkimming, 23, was partially undressed when he overcame the front door lock to gain entry to a house in Parkville Drive. ‌

The female occupant - who was not known to him - was asleep when he appeared in her bedroom. ‌

She woke up and McSkimming told her he was hiding from the police and refused to leave her house.

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