P. Diddy's mansion was broken into earlier this month - with the intruder allegedly eating his food and sleeping in his bed for almost 24 hours.

According to US website TMZ, a 30-year-old man was caught trespassing on the exclusive Hampton's property by Diddy's caretaker on April 1, after breaking in the previous day.

Police arrested Quamine Taylor after he was found in an upstairs bedroom of the mansion.

After setting off an alarm at 1am on March 31, he conned security and a police officer into thinking that he was a member of Diddy's entourage and was allowed to stay at the home.

However, it wasn't until the caretaker found him at 4pm the next day that he was eventually arrested.

The rapper - real name Sean Combs - was not at the property at the time.

According to the police report, the intruder told law enforcers that he entered into Diddy's abode through an unlocked basement. TMZ claim that Taylor "proceeded to eat food, drink Diddy's soda and liquor and then got into a bed for nearly 24 hours."

Taylor - who has a history of mental illness - told the New York Post that he'd been a frequent visitor at the expensive property.

"I've actually been going to the house from time to time since 2001," he explained from his cell at the Suffolk County Jail. "I stay there a lot, but Sean gets funny sometimes about me staying there."

Taylor has been charged with trespassing and petit-larceny.