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The Sun
6 days ago
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- The Sun
Couple returns from hols to find half-naked stranger living in their home… & he'd even been wearing their clothes
A STUDENT couple were stunned when they found a half-naked stranger lounging around their home after returning from holiday. The home invader had strewn his belongings all over the place and had even helped himself to their clothes. 5 5 5 Denoora Lyu, a 22-year-old student at the University of Sydney, made the startling discovery when she got back to her apartment with her boyfriend, William Qu. To their horror, they found Dylan Patrick Yelkovan, 30, sauntering around the place dressed only in a pair of shorts. The apartment was littered with his belongings, which he had laid out across the sofa, desk and kitchen counter. The brazen guest was unfazed by the couple's return and made no attempt to flee. Denoora told 7NEWS: "I thought I'd gone to the wrong place at first." But realising she was in fact in her apartment, panic began to set in. The student said: 'I felt really shaken. There was a complete stranger standing in my home, and he wasn't even wearing a shirt. "It just didn't seem normal. 'I kept thinking, what if he had a knife? I was scared of what he might do.' When confronted, Yelkovan calmly packed up his things, strolling from room to room as if nothing were wrong. Watch incredible moment shirtless hero PINS DOWN home-invading burglar He eventually left the apartment via the balcony. Denoora said she believes this is how he got in in the first place. Yelkovan was eventually arrested with the help of the building manager. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment was being leased by the couple's friend who had gone away for the university summer. The pair were intending to use it as temporary accommodation while hunting for their own home for the new semester. Before heading away, Denoora and William dropped off their belongings, neatly packed away in boxes. And Yelkovan had helped himself to these boxes as well as the apartment. The intruder had rummaged through the lot - and used whatever he liked. 5 Denoora said: 'He unpacked every single box and used everything inside, including the desktop computer, which hadn't even been set up at the time. 'He pulled out all the spare phones that weren't in use but couldn't access them due to passwords.' Williams clothes were also apparently fair game. Yelkovan had worn what he liked - and some were stained with faeces. He had even used William's bank card - though thankfully the bank refunded the stolen money. Not refunded, however, is the $2000 the couple had to spend on having the apartment professionally cleaned and hotel costs during that time. Denoora said: 'I've seen stories about break-ins like this before, but when it actually happens to you, it's still really shocking." He ordeal resurfaced in May when she spotted Yelkovan in Sydney - meaning he was not in prison as she had expected. Court records show Yelkovan pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, to be served as an Intensive Correction Order (ICO) for the break-in, running until December 31. That means he avoided jail but is subject to a strict set of restrictions.
News.com.au
7 days ago
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- News.com.au
‘Scared of what he might do': Couple finds half-naked stranger in home after holiday
A young couple has been left 'shaken' after they returned home from an overseas holiday to find a stranger had been living in their Sydney apartment and had worn their clothes – some of which were reportedly stained with faeces. Denoora Lyu, a 22-year-old student from the University of Sydney, and her boyfriend William Qu, walked through the door of their inner-city apartment in Pyrmont on February 17 to find Dylan Patrick Yelkovan, 30, standing half-naked in the living room. After seeing the couple, Mr Yelkovan – dressed in blue shorts, a red cap and no shirt – appeared calm and slowly started packing his belongings in a bag, video footage shows. 'I was just setting up the house,' he appeared to tell the couple in the video. 'Yeah, we are living here,' a male voice replied from behind the camera. Mr Yelkovan then calmly walked to another room, where he quickly changed in a hi-vis shirt and pants. When the couple asked him to stay where he was, he put on his shoes and quickly fled out the balcony door. 'I felt really shaken. There was a complete stranger standing in my home, and he wasn't even wearing a shirt. It just didn't seem normal,' Ms Lyu told 7News. 'I kept thinking, what if he had a knife? I was scared of what he might do.' The couple were staying in the apartment temporarily until they could find a new home for the next semester, while their friend, whose name was on the lease, was overseas, 7News reports. The building's manger helped detain Mr Yelkovan, who was arrested and taken into police custody after undergoing an assessment at St Vincent's Hospital. Video footage showed him being led out of a building by two men as police were called. The couple said their belongings had been rampaged through and strewn across the apartment. They claimed the toilet was left unflushed and Mr Yelkovan had worn Mr Qu's clothes, some of which were stained with faeces. 'He unpacked every single box and used everything inside, including the desktop computer, which hadn't even been set up at the time,' Ms Lyu said. 'He pulled out all the spare phones that weren't in use but couldn't access them due to passwords.' Mr Qu's bank card had also been used, with records showing Mr Yelkovan had stayed in the apartment for a week, 7News reports. Mr Qu's money was later refunded by his bank. After the incident, the pair spent a week in a hotel while the apartment was professionally cleaned, leaving them $2,000 out of pocket. Mr Yelkovan was charged with five offences, including one count of break and enter with intent to commit a serious indictable offence and four counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception. Court documents show the 30-year-old pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment, to be served as an Intensive Correction Order (ICO) – which saw him avoid prison time. Under the order, Mr Yelkovan is required to abstain from drugs and is prohibited from visiting a Pyrmont apartment. The order expires on December 31.
Daily Mail
7 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Young uni student shocked after returning from holidays and finding a shirtless stranger in her unit - and his very bizarre reaction when he is caught
A university student looking forward to coming home after holidaying opened her front door to find a stranger living in her apartment. University of Sydney student Denoora Lyu, 22, found Dylan Patrick Yelkovan, 30, shirtless in her two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Pyrmont on February 17. She and her partner, William Qu, were shocked to see the stranger in her home, but the intruder didn't return their surprise. Instead, Yelkovan calmly said he'd been 'setting up the house' and began gathering his things. Footage showed the 30-year-old collected items from around the trashed apartment, casually went between rooms to get dressed and used the balcony to escape. 'I felt really shaken. There was a complete stranger standing in my home, and he wasn't even wearing a shirt. It just didn't seem normal,' Ms Lyu told 7News on Friday. 'I kept thinking, what if he had a knife? I was scared of what he might do.' Ms Lyu believed Yelkovan also used the balcony to enter the apartment, which she was temporarily subletting from a friend. The couple were able to perform a citizen's arrest with the help of their building manager and Yelkovan was jailed ahead of a court hearing. On further inspection of the apartment, Ms Lyu found all her belongings had been rifled through, including her computer which Yelkovan had used to listen to music. The stranger had also worn Mr Qu's clothes, leaving them stained with faeces, and left the toilet unflushed. One particularly odd detail which left Ms Lyu disturbed was an attempt by Yelkovan to beautify the home by turning a wine decanter into a vase and filling it with flowers. The couple had to throw out almost everything Yelkovan used and spent nearly $2,000 to stay in a hotel for a week while the apartment was professionally cleaned. But the couple's misery didn't end there. They later found Yelkovan had used Mr Qu's bank card with transaction records indicating he'd spent a week in their home. Fortunately, the bank refunded the stolen money. Ms Lyu never expected to be the victim of an attempted-squatter. 'I've seen stories about break-ins like this before, but when it actually happens to you, it's still really shocking,' she said. Yelkovan was released from custody following his court hearing at Sydney Downing Centre on April 1. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, to be served as an Intensive Correction Order (ICO) for the break-in, running until December 31. The sentence means Yelkovan won't be behind bars but subject to strict supervision, cannot use drugs and must steer clear of prohibited locations - including the apartment in Pyrmont. Ms Lyu has since seen him in Sydney's CBD. Yelkovan also faced driving without consent, reckless driving, breaching a domestic violence restraining order, and multiple counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was handed another ICO running until March 31 next year, with similar conditions of supervision and good behaviour.
