Internet sensation of a drunken intruder asleep in someone else’s lounge

Since the early hours of Sunday, more than 150,000 people have watched the clip on YouTube, which shows police in Scarborough waking the trespasser up from an alcohol-induced sleep.

Bobbie Brewington said is family was awakened by a crash at midnight.

He said: “I got up and there was a guy passed out in the living room – I jumped out of my skin when I saw him. I have no idea who he was.”

Mr Brewington called the police and made sure his wife Elizabeth and two-year-old daughter Suki-Rose were safely outside before setting up his video camera.

He said: “I filmed him for our own protection just in case he got up and did anything. I’d left the door unlocked by accident but I don’t know why he chose our house.

“The police came and dealt with it and a few hours later I put the video online. Soon it was on the front page of YouTube and within 18 hours it had 75,000 hits.”

The video has also attracted hundreds of comments from internet users all over the world.

Many of them praised the patient approach adopted by the two police officers who responded to the incident.

They are seen calmly waking the man up before gently escorting him from the property.

North Yorkshire Police posted a comment beneath the video, which read: “We are satisfied there was no criminal intention on the part of the man who had entered the property by accident. He was clearly suffering from the effects of alcohol and was subsequently returned safely to the hotel where he was staying.

It is pleasing to see our officers’ actions praised by members of the public. Our officers’ conduct shows both their caring and professional attitude when faced with just one of the many varied and unusual situations which we deal with on a daily basis.”