Ant and Dec scared off a suspected burglar on a couple’s Ring doorbell.
The I’m A Celebrity hosts are currently in Australia hosting the ITV jungle hit, which will crown a King or Queen of the Jungle this weekend. But they became unlikely heroes for one worried couple in Newcastle who could have been robbed by an alleged crook.
Mo Zeb was out for dinner with his wife when he received a notification from the Ring doorbell, alerting them that someone was outside their home. The couple panicked when they saw a masked man approaching their front door.
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Chilling footage captured on the Ring doorbell showed the suspected burglar trying to pull the doorbell off of the wall, but he accidentally presses the doorbell. And it was then that he was greeted by the voices of two rather familiar Geordie presenters.
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The voices said: “Hello, Ant and Dec here. Coming up, someone will answer this door. The question is, who’s it going to be? Stay right where you are to find out.”
It’s safe to say they foiled whatever plan the masked man had hatched, because he was given such a fright that he ran away and jumped into a waiting car, which then sped off. “We got the shock of our lives when we saw someone trying to rip the doorbell off,” Mo told What’s the Jam.
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“I got a notification and the guy had pressed the doorbell by accident. We heard Ant’s voice saying hello and the guy ran off. The doorbell is genius. Luckily, they didn’t realise it wasn’t a real person. I think the Geordie accent made it more convincing.”
Ring customers can add Ant and Dec’s voices to their devices. Landlord Mo went home to check on the house but the man was nowhere to be seen. He said: “I was able to get home in two minutes but there was no one around. There were other men in the car as well. Luckily, we weren’t in.”
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Mo reported what happened on Monday (Dec 2) at 11pm to Northumberland Police. He added: “They were laughing at him being scared off by Ant and Dec. “It’s funny to watch but it’s scary to think about what could have happened if it wasn’t for the doorbell.”
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “At around 11.40pm on Monday, December 2, we received a report of an attempted burglary. It was reported an offender had attempted to gain access to the property and remove a doorbell camera, before leaving the area.
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“Enquiries are ongoing, and anyone with information can get in touch by sending us a direct message on social media, or using live chat and report forms on our website. Those unable to make contact in these ways can call 101. Please quote reference: 142797D/24.”
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