A woman of 88 who was targeted in September 2009 smelt a rat, and only pretended to eat the cake, which she dropped in a bin when her gentleman caller went to use the toilet.
Feigning to fall asleep, she watched as he began searching the flat.
Challenging the burglar, she made him leave, though he did manage to steal a sum of money nonetheless, Le Parisien writes.
Read the whole story about the "Paris cake burglar" here.
