A burglar, who was accidentally locked up in an apartment by its owner in an eastern China city, was found barely breathing four days later as he starved all through finding nothing to eat on the premises.

The suspect, surnamed He, sneaked into the sixth floor Taicang City apartment in Jiangsu province when he found the door wide open - and inviting. He hid himself in a room, the Shanghai Daily reported, citing Anhui TV.