After his latest raid by angry seagulls, a serial burglar was arrested.
Casey McDonnell disturbed the birds by sneaking into a back yard at 4.14am.
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CCTV footage from the home captured the herring gulls flying up into the air — then swooping down on McDonnell, 40, as he tried to open a back door.
He looked frightened by the sight of the noisy and aggressive birds — who then launched a sustained aerial assault on him.
Magistrates watched footage of a fleeing McDonnell flailing his arms in the air to try to protect his head and face from the gulls’ razor-sharp beaks.
Police said the homeowners’ CCTV film helped them identify McDonnell as the prowler in the Blackpool suburb of Cleveleys, Lancs, on July 30 this year.
McDonnell — who was on licence from prison at the time — admitted attempted burglary and was jailed for 12 weeks by JPs in Blackpool.
McDonnell, a Blackpool resident, was convicted of a string of burglary offenses.