A burglar who has been remanded to custody in Figueres jail ahead of his trial has telephoned police from the prison thanking them

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He gave himself up and confessed so he could have somewhere warm to sleep and food to eat

A burglar who has been remanded to custody in Figueres jail ahead of his trial has telephoned police from the prison thanking them for taking him into custody, so he can have enough food to eat and can sleep warm at night.

The Mossos d’Esquadra said when they released news of the case on Wednesday that Jordi M.F., aged 32, gave himself up at the police station at his local comisaría in L’Escala, Girona, on December 19, confessing to a string of seven burglaries.

He also told police where he had hidden the stolen items, only one of which he had sold. El País reports that they have all now been returned to their rightful owners.

The man told his lawyer that he was out of work with nowhere to live, and saw prison as a way out of his situation.