Sergeant Phil McClure said a man walked into a Hopetoun house on Toole Street while the owner, a 97 year old man, was asleep in a chair. 

“When the man woke up the trespasser promptly left,” he said. 

“The owner woke to a man looking around his house, when he asked what the man was doing the person said he was checking the locks and left.” 

Sergeant McClure said this was a reminder for community to make sure they locked their doors whether they were home or away. 

“There was nothing taken,” he said. 

“The owner didn’t leave a description of the man other than he was wearing a dark coloured hoodie.”