He pretended to be a police officer - then he struck

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A man pretended to be a police officer after breaking into a woman's home before carrying out a terrifying attack. Harvey Collier screamed 'police get up!' after breaking into his victim's home in the early hours.

He shone a torch, demanded money and warned the panicking woman that he would hit her if she screamed. The drug-addicted robber escaped from the house with a haul of stolen goods and up to £400 cash, HullLive reports.

Collier, 25, of Castle Way, Hessle, admitted 10 offences, including three of robbery, four of domestic burglary and others of taking a vehicle without consent, driving while disqualified and having no insurance.

Michael Forrest, prosecuting, said that a woman was asleep in her Hull home on November 3 when she heard a man shouting: "Police get up".