A COURT has been told that an intruder who broke into the private quarters of the owners of a camp site had admitted burglary after watching CCTV footage of the crime.

Brian May, 40, changed his plea at Exeter Crown Court after being shown CCTV taken in the reception area of the camp site, in the Blackdown Hills.

It showed him leaving the private home of the owners of the Kingsmead Centre, at Clayhidon, with something hidden in his jacket at exactly the time two computers were stolen. May, of Hornbeam Close, Taunton, admitted burglary and his sentence was adjourned by Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC, until after the trial of a co-defendant. He was remanded in custody.

Janice Eagles, prosecuting, said the footage from the CCTV was of a reception area immediately outside the owners’ living accommodation.

The camera was motion-activated and would there have captured anyone else entering or leaving that part of the building.

Harry Ahuja, defending, said the CCTV evidence had not been available when May entered his not guilty pleas at a previous hearing a week earlier.

He admitted the offence after it was viewed with his legal advisers.

The judge said May will receive substantial credit for his plea.

He ordered a pre-sentence report which will look at whether he is suitable for drug rehabilitation treatment.