A reader spotted these thongs outside an ice cream shop in Kumeu.
Intruder alert
An Australian woman is scared to sleep in her own home after discovering that an intruder had been living in her attic. Monica Green from Rockhampton in Queensland had noticed weird things around her house for a while, but dismissed them as coincidences or figments of her
imagination.
But after returning with her children from a doctor's appointment Monica couldn't ignore the obvious anymore. The backdoor was wide open, the air-conditioning and the TV were on, and there was a half-eaten plate of chicken nuggets in the kitchen. She called the police, and later learned that whoever had broken into her home, had probably been living there for some time.
Thinking back on everything she had noticed around the house, Green said that there were plenty of signs that something was not right. On one occasion food had gone missing, and another time her security camera system had been disabled, but she didn't pay much attention when these things happened.
Green and her family believe that the intruder must have gained access to the house by stealing her keys, and they have now changed all the locks.