Hastings mum and daughters’ terror after Bexhill knifeman breaks into their home

​Andrew Larkin, 40, unemployed, of Ninfield Road, Bexhill, entered the property in Brendon Rise around 2.35am on August 2, 2021.

​The occupants of the house, a woman and her three daughters, were upstairs at the time.

Police said the terrified family barricaded themselves in a room and dialled 999.

​Officers attended, and it was discovered a Nintendo Switch, a wallet containing bank cards and some meat products had been stolen from the address.

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CCTV from the property showed a man wearing a bright orange t-shirt and with a playing card tattoo on his forearm entering the property with a knife in his hand. He was identified as Andrew Larkin.

​Later the same day, police received a call that Larkin was seen in Hastings town centre selling a Nintendo Switch to another man.

Police said a bank card stolen during the burglary was also used at a petrol garage in Sidley. CCTV from the garage later confirmed it was Larkin using the card.

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Larkin was arrested and during a search, bank cards belonging to the burglary victims were found, alongside meat products and an orange t-shirt.