https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The owner of a beautiful holiday home in Plauen, Saxony, was in for a surprise when a 32-year-old man forced entry into the property on 4 separate occasions in just 4 weeks, as Bild reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160719/featherbrained-burglar-broke-into-saxony-house-4-times Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:17:52 +0200 featherbrained-burglar-broke-into-saxony-house-4-times It's a trick every identical twin knows - pass the blame on to your doppelgänger. And for a convicted burglar in Düsseldorf it might just free him from a lengthy jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20151027/identical-twins-baffle-dsseldorf-court Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:50:07 +0100 identical-twins-baffle-dsseldorf-court A would-be burglar in Bonn called the police on himself in the early hours of Saturday – after getting locked inside the house he was trying to loot. https://www.thelocal.de/20151012/incompetent-burglar-has-to-be-rescued-by-police Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:43:48 +0200 incompetent-burglar-has-to-be-rescued-by-police A Hamburg homeowner shot dead a masked man who broke into his house on Tuesday night. It was the third such fatal incident to have taken place in the last half year. https://www.thelocal.de/20150624/hamburg-homeowner-shoots-intruder-dead Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:35:39 +0200 hamburg-homeowner-shoots-intruder-dead