A ‘dangerous’ serial burglar broke into an elderly couple’s home in the dead of the night before attacking a man and attempting to smother him.
Scott William Mills, 37, climbed through the kitchen window of an elderly couple’s home during an attempted burglary earlier this year.
He then punched an elderly man in the face before smothering him with a tea towel in an attempt to incapacitate him. READ MORE: Police raid couple's home at midnight after M62 arrest and find drugs racket A hearing at Bolton Crown Court on Friday (November 5) heard Mills entered the property during the early hours of February 8, 2021, before launching his attack on the vulnerable resident.
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