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Hours earlier, just before dawn, he had been awoken by a phalanx of officers who had stormed into the small Hollywood apartment he shared with his mother and sister.

Mr Roffe-Silvester was hit several times over the head with a hammer when he went to investigate what was happening when he was awoken in his quarters by the incident, the court was told.

The family were awoken in the early hours of Monday morning after their Kia Sportage car was set alight.

A resident who lives on the first floor of the building told the BBC he was awoken in the early hours of Monday morning by one of his neighbours frantically banging on his door.

The 71-year-old homeowner is said to have awoken and confronted the alleged thief, who was engrossed in the book.