
A burglar was caught after leaving blood in two places when he broke into a house in Newsome
Leeds Crown Court heard the occupier returned at 8.45pm on 24th September 2015 to discover a brick had been thrown through a downstairs window.
Bashir Ahmed, prosecuting, said “while committing the burglary the intruder had left bloodstains on the wall inside. The blind on the window had also been removed and it too was found to have blood on it. A DNA match was traced to burglar Thomas Michael Roberts.”
Thomas had 49 previous convictions for 97 offences on his record, mainly for dishonesty including theft and three previous convictions for burglary.
Richard Holland, representing Roberts, said his previous offending stemmed from his abuse of drugs. Roberts, pleaded guilty and was jailed for 876 days.
Recorder Kate Tulk said that was the minimum sentence she could impose and told him “If you don’t want to continue spending time in prison I suggest you don’t go breaking into any more houses when you come out.”
Roberts told her: “There will be no more of that and I am sorry for what I have done.”