Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge room
Travelodge apologised to the couple and said room access security policies were not correctly followed. It is the latest in a series of similar incidents at Travelodge hotels reported to the BBC. He had something in his hand which I took to be the key card for the room."The florist said she tried to appear calm but was "absolutely petrified" at the situation."I asked why he was in this room and he said 'this is my room' and I said 'this is ours'," she said."He kept saying '316' and I said 'no this is 313'.
- ▪Travelodge apologised to the couple and said room access security policies were not correctly followed.
- ▪It is the latest in a series of similar incidents at Travelodge hotels reported to the BBC.
- ▪He had something in his hand which I took to be the key card for the room."The florist said she tried to appear calm but was "absolutely petrified" at the situation."I asked why he was in this room and he said 'this is my room' and I said '
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Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge roomImage caption, Harry Grieve and Kim Hutchison said their experience had been worryingByKen BanksNorth east Scotland reporterPublished1 minute agoA couple woke to find a shirtless man in their hotel bedroom after he was mistakenly given a key card to their door, BBC Scotland News has learned.Kim Hutchison, 60, and Harry Grieve, 57, from Buckie, Moray, were staying in a Travelodge in Dundee when the early morning incident happened last month.Hutchison said she was "petrified" before the man - wearing just shorts - left after about a minute of arguing over who was actually in the wrong room. Travelodge apologised to the couple and said room access security policies were not correctly followed.
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