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Knife-wielding man walks round family’s living room as homeowner sleeps behind him

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Footage shows knife-wielding suspect inside family’s living room as homeowner sleeps behind him

Footage captured the moment a knife-wielding suspect walked around a family’s living room as the homeowner slept behind him.

Jason Skilling was sleeping in an armchair when a man wearing a balaclava entered the room and walked around while holding a knife.

Skilling’s wife, Adelle, was also sleeping upstairs at the time of the home invasion in Chadderton, in the greater Manchester area.

Adelle’s daughter said it is “so worrying” that a person was inside the home.

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