Britain's most prolific burglar: How a WWI veteran evaded the Met for 16 years as he broke into 1,000 homes, and was nicknamed 'Flannelfoot' for the way he covered his shoes to muffle his footsteps

Harry Vickers, a First World War veteran who was discharged from the military after a leg injury, went on a 16-year burgling spree before finally being caught in 1937.

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