EXCLUSIVE 'I looked at the camera and my blood ran cold': Mother describes her horror at seeing CCTV of a pervert burglar who broke into her Marbella home in the dead of night - and leered her naked body as she slept

Daily Mail​

5 days ago

A woman has told how she felt violated after a burglar broke into her home in the dead of the night and leered at her naked body as she slept.
Angie Castillo was in a deep sleep laying next to her boyfriend Alex Varona, 34, when the intruder hold a torch gained entry to their Costa Del Sol property and and 'inspect' her close up.
Angie, a mother-of-one, was unaware of what had happened to her until the following day when she noticed her purse was missing and the couple checked the CCTV footage in their home.
To their horror, the 32-minute clip showed the masked raider silently creeping around their bedroom looking at Angie on the bed.
He appeared to be fixated with her as he repeatedly shone his torch over her body.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline Angie said she could have been raped if she'd been sleeping alone.
'I looked at the camera and my blood ran cold', she said.
'The guy came into the room eight times. He was looking in between my legs, at my intimate parts, looking at my face. He forgot all about the burglary. He was more interested in looking at me.'
'I was very scared, I was shaking. I was in shock. The day before my boyfriend Alex had been in Germany. If I had been alone this man might have raped me.
'Half an hour after he left the house, I went to the toilet. Perhaps if I had seen him I would have screamed. Alex would have done something. But the intruder might have been carrying a knife or a pistol.'
'I am still traumatised by this,' she said. 'Before I go to the toilet at night, I look at the cameras. If Alex leaves the bed at night, I jump. I am now seeing a psychologist.'
Instead of stealing her gold ring, €400 Philipp Plein watch or other jewellery, he only took €300 in cash from her purse and dumped it.
Spanish police are analysing the security footage to identify the suspect, but no arrests have been yet made.
Angie's teenage son was also sleeping in the room next door at the time.
'Marbella is a bit dangerous now with people coming into people's houses. I would advise people to put alarms in their homes,' she said.
Mr Varona, a Brazilian black belt jiu-jitsu champion, said if he had woken up when the intruder was there, the outcome would have been different.
'I can detain nearly anyone. Someone came into our house and with the knowledge that I have, you can imagine how angry I felt. If I had woken up then the video that everyone has seen on social media would have been very different, I would have detained him until the authorities would have arrived, without doing him any harm.'
He had returned from a jiu-jitsu tournament in Germany the day before. The couple went to the cinema and finally went to bed late deeply.
'The intruder did not steal anything from me, but perhaps he stole my pride. For me being a jiu-jitsu black belt and doing what I do, I should not have any excuse. I train about three times a day, six days a week, sometimes seven and I could not do anything with this intruder in our house,' he said.
The couple did not report the burglary immediately partly out of embarrassment and because they felt that as the intruder wore a mask, gloves and socks, they doubted if he could be caught by police.
Later, they found the courage to report it after being encouraged to by friends.
Disturbed by the intruder's behaviour and desperate to catch him, police published the footage.
The incident comes as residents in Spain have been warned to beef up their security systems after more burglaries.
In more footage, a man is seen wearing a mask and a grey hoodie and breaking into a series of villas between San Pedro de Alcantara in Marbella and Benahavis.
Dubbed the San Pedro Prowler, he is seen picking locks with a sharp tool.
He then walked off carrying luxury items including handbags and jewellery.
Among the recent stolen items include €10,000 in cash and a €30,000 watch.
The robber appeared to be wearing no shoes, just in socks apparently to avoid alerting anyone inside the house.
Neighbourhoods he has targeted include Guadalmina, and La Quinta, in upmarket Benahavis.