An alleged burglar with a penchant for high-end sneakers got a nasty surprise when police showed up on his doorstep after he tried to sell them online.
A 37-year-old man appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday charged with two burglaries of student flats and a count of shoplifting.
Nike shoes valued at $2500 were stolen from a house in St David St on Saturday during the Hyde St Party, Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said.
The student found them advertised on Facebook Marketplace and organised to meet at the man’s home address.
The police showed up instead and made an arrest.
The defendant was remanded without plea on the burglary charges but admitted stealing $787 of groceries from Andersons Bay Countdown on March 23.
He was declined bail by Judge David Robinson and will appear in court again next week.
