Thief found hiding under a bed faces court
Officers who arrested Jan Sivak, 30, posted a picture of him on social media and joked "he will not be winning any awards for hide-and-seek champion soon".
He was wanted after failing to surrender to bail at Bradford Magistrates Court on June 27 to answer a charge of burgling a fish and chip shop.
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Hide AdSivak was captured by the officers who could not help to take a picture of the bumbling burglar with his entire bottom half poking out from under a bed.
Sivak admitted to stealing £3,000 in cash and other goods from the upstairs office between June 3-4.
Appearing today at Bradford Crown Court Sivak received an eight-month sentence, suspended for 12 months.
He will also have to complete 250 hours of unpaid work.
Judge Durham Hall QC said: "You need to decide where your life is going.
"You have been a hard working man and you've fallen into bad habits and the wrong crowd. It's got to stop.