keep your doors locked, please!
on 22 Feb, at daughter's around 6pm when it was completely dark, we heard a noise at the front door, wondered who it was, then daughter said 'someone's come in, a man's come in!' we were in the kitchen at the back of the house and went forward to see - yes, he was in the vestibule. he came into the hall.
daughter told him to go out and he began to talk and try to get further into the hall.
i stepped in front of daughter (who was carrying the baby) and demanded 'what do you think you are doing? you can't just walk into someone's house!' he was still talking and trying to get round the side of me.
i told him 'get out! get out!' and daughter did the same. i told him 'move back'. i put my arm out to indicate he must not go up the stairs. i told him that he must move back, using teaching techniques 'i need you to move back now'.
i got him into the vestibule and insisted he step further back....he went back to the step but did not step down, which he would have had to do to be properly outside the house. i pointed and said 'get down!' and he did back off the step.
he carried on talking and arguing. he was angry and unpleasant. i saw he had an identity card on a lanyard so got hold of it. he moved back so i couldn't see the details. he was still arguing.
i told him 'go away! go away now and never come back!'. he turned and walked away, looking angry. we locked the door.
daughter phoned the police. they found him. he smooth-talked them, saying he was a charity worker (which he may have been) and that all the houses on the street have the same layout with an internal porch so he had to go straight in to make himself heard! blatant lie as they're all edwardian and individual designed! his tabard said 'cancer care'. i contacted them. they said they had several complaints about doorstep collectors but they were not collecting on their behalf.
