Man who stole 200 bras and pants 'admits he did it to satisfy sexual desire'

A man has admitted stealing more than 200 bras and pants belonging to women after police found the garments in his home.  Police believed that the 31-year-old had swiped 12 pieces of underwear from a clothesline, but a search of his home turned up more

Tomohiro Honma was arrested after officers believed he had taken 12 items of women’s underwear from a clothesline.

The 31-year-old took the items in January from the first-floor balcony of an apartment in Takatsu Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa where he lives, according to the Tokyo Reporter .

But a later search of his home revealed more than 200 such items, with Honma admitting to thefts on at least 50 different occasions.

“I like women’s underwear. I did it to satisfy my sexual desire," he told police at the Takatsu Station.

Last month a knicker thief who stole sexy lingerie from Victoria's Secret admitted that he was able to take them by wearing them under his clothes

Pablo Munoz stole more than 1,000 items of underwear worth £18,000 intending to sell them on , but instead keeping them at home.