A dimwit Northern Ireland man wore a fluorescent builders’ bib while attempting to rob houses under the cover of darkness.

Bungling would-be thief SH was spotted by neighbours who called the cops as he tried to break into houses in Dunlady Manor in Dundonald.

Hapless SH’s  4:30am crime spree came to an end when he was tracked down by officers with the help of a police dog to a nearby supermarket car park.

At Downpatrick Crown last week Judge Peter Gibson labelled Hamilton’s crimes as “amateurish in the extreme” as he gave him a 15-month jail sentence, suspended for three years.