'One day I woke up to two strangers in my home. That's why I turned to cocaine'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWaking from a nap to find masked burglars with knives in your living room sounds nothing short of a nightmare. But it's a horrifying experience Kieran Jones lived through – one that led the dad-of-two on a downward spiral of drug addiction.
The 44-year-old, from Wigan, had fallen asleep on his sofa in late 2019 when he woke to two men standing over him. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link The dad immediately sprung into action and tried to fight them off, suffering cuts to his hands and arms in the process.
The burglars, who Kieran believes were two “chancers” trying door handles along his street, managed to escape before the police arrived.
They were never caught. But it wasn’t the only traumatising ordeal the dad endured, the other taking place just a few months earlier.
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