Crane driver sets up secret home in garden shed

An out-of-work crane driver set up home in an Oxfordshire woman’s garden shed without her knowing.

The Lithuanian man moved into the shed at the bottom of a garden in Banbury, installing a bed, television and juicer to keep him company.

The woman living in the main house thought he had been sent by her landlord to clean up the property.

The truth only dawned when she spotted him emerging from the shed on a Sunday morning looking rather well rested.

In the shed she found a single bed, a chest of drawers, a camping stove, pots and pans, crockery, a shaving mirror, a television and carpet on the floor.

The migrant, who had lost his job and his home, asked to stay on and pay rent but the lady declined.

He was moved on by police.