Celine Dion home intruder ran a bath and ate a snack, say police

An intruder who is alleged to have broken into Celine Dion’s house earlier this week was discovered treating it like his own home, police have said.

The suspect – since named as Daniel Bedard – was discovered upstairs at the property on the private island of Gagnon, near Montreal. A spokesperson for Laval police told the Winnipeg Free Press that the 36-year-old had drawn a bath and enjoyed a snack in the singer’s kitchen.

Franco Di Genova said: “He opened the water faucets, was pouring a nice warmish bath [and] he even managed to eat some pastry that was in the fridge.”

Dion, her husband and manager Réne Angélil and their three children were all believed to be out of town at the time of the incident on Monday evening.

Di Genova added that Bedard had scaled the fence and tried to gain access through the door. When this failed, he used Angélil’s car – which had the keys in the ignition and a garage door opener inside – to access the property through the garage.

He also described how officers had apprehended Bedard, saying: “The suspect was coming down the big staircase and was asking, ‘Hey, guys what are you doing here?'”

“So the officers replied, ‘What are you doing here?’ and they proceeded to put him under arrest.”

Bedard was charged in a local court on Tuesday with offences including breaking and entering, theft of a motor vehicle and causing damage to property. He is next due to appear in court on November 21.