Police are hunting a prowling burglar who ransacks multi million-pound homes in one of Britain's poshest areas - while the occupants are asleep.

The burglar, dubbed the 'Posh Prowler', has broken into homes while children slept, and snatched hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of jewels and valuables.

Police are hunting the “organised” and “diligent” thief, who has been caught on CCTV prowling around homes in super-posh Kensington and Holland Park and “is not afraid to break in when families are at home”.

Notting Hill Detective Constable Eve Kelly said: “On one occasion he ransacked a property while the family including two young children were in the house and another time he was seen on camera creeping around while children and a nanny were in the house hiding in the bathroom having been alerted to his presence.