Moment homeowner opens door to stranger saying he's wanted for MURDER

This is the terrifying moment a shocked homeowner opened the door to a stranger who told him: 'I'm wanted for murder.'

A gas engineer, 32, who did not want to be named, came face-to-face with the dishevelled visitor at his door when he delivered his dark admission.

In the brief exchange, caught on camera by a Ring doorbell, the uninvited guest anxiously knocks seven times before blurting out: 'Hello - I'm wanted for murder'.

When asked to repeat himself, he replied: 'I'm wanted for murder, yeah.'

The homeowner then hurried to shut the door, insisting to the stranger, 'You better go' - before the visitor pleaded 'Listen, listen, listen' then staggered off.

The incident unfolded late on Thursday last week in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Baildon, West Yorkshire, and has now prompted an immediate police response.

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The resident, whose partner was sleeping upstairs, said: 'I was sat playing Xbox with my brother and the doorbell rang. I thought, "Who is this, at this time?"

'I opened the door and soon as I looked at him, I could tell he was sketchy.

'He was fumbling his words and he said, "I'm wanted for murder".

'I couldn't believe what he said, so I asked him to repeat what he said, and he said the same thing again.

'I looked him up and down and told him to go away, and closed the door on him.

'I came back inside and looked out of the window and saw him staggering down the street.

'I found it weird - not intimidating, but if it had been an older person or a woman, they'd probably have been terrified.

'God knows what his intentions were - I wasn't going to entertain him to find them out, to be honest.'

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The homeowner contacted police, while neighbours did similar after spotting the apparently worse-for-wear man loitering on the street.

Officers swooped minutes later and arrested a man on suspicion of breaching a restraining order.

But West Yorkshire Police said there was 'no suggestion he was wanted for murder'.

The homeowner posted a clip of the exchange on Facebook to warn neighbours to be alert, writing: 'Just had this bloke knocking on the door claiming he's wanted for murder.

'Clearly off his head and even drunk, he then staggered off down the road so if you get a random knock at the door just be cautious.

'No idea what he wanted but wasn't going to entertain him.

'Anyone know him tell him to sort his life out, the junkie.'

Recalling the incident, the householder later said: 'Apparently he was stood by the car next door before he knocked on our door. Their dog was stood in the window barking at him.

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'I reported it to the police on 101 and five minutes later, the police drove past with their sirens on. Someone told me he was arrested at the end of the street.

'He struck me as someone who was off his head, drunk. I don't really know what he was thinking, to be honest.

'It's the first time I've ever experienced anything like it living around here.

Somebody posted on Facebook to say that they'd seen him in the hospital earlier in the day, screaming his head off and singing Christmas songs.

'Whether he's mentally unstable or just off his face - I don't know.

'He might be wanted for murder - you just don't know. It took me back.

'What did he expect someone's reaction to that to be? It was really bizarre. My brother and I were laughing about it for an hour afterwards.

'But had an old dear answered the door, it would have been terrifying for them.

'I'd have more chance defending myself than a pensioner or a young lass.

'His opening line, "I'm wanted for murder" is not something I thought I'd hear opening the front door.'

West Yorkshire Police said officers had arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of breaching a restraining order.