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A criminal was caught when he was admitted to hospital and given a bed next to a police officer who had been hunting him.
The burglar, named only as Uwe G, 41, for legal reasons, was admitted to the St Josef hospital in the German city of Beuel with appendicitis .
After his operation, he was given a bed next to police officer Walter H who was recovering from a gall bladder operation.
The policeman who had been part of a team investigating him for a string of robberies recognised him immediately and called his colleagues.
"I had been trying to nail him for more than two months, but he kept managing to escape. It made me feel a whole lot better when I turned round and saw he was lying next to me," said the officer.
The burglar has now been transferred to a secure hospital and faces six months in jail once he has recovered from his operation.
The burglar, named only as Uwe G, 41, for legal reasons, was admitted to the St Josef hospital in the German city of Beuel with appendicitis .
After his operation, he was given a bed next to police officer Walter H who was recovering from a gall bladder operation.
The policeman who had been part of a team investigating him for a string of robberies recognised him immediately and called his colleagues.
"I had been trying to nail him for more than two months, but he kept managing to escape. It made me feel a whole lot better when I turned round and saw he was lying next to me," said the officer.
The burglar has now been transferred to a secure hospital and faces six months in jail once he has recovered from his operation.
