This is the face of bungling burglar Joe Fagan - who left tell-tale DNA at a break-in after cutting his hand smashing through a rear window - and is now starting a two-and-a-half year prison stretch.
The 30 year-old of Davis Way, Sidcup, Kent pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court to burgling the residential property in nearby Erith on October 24, last year, stealing a Nintendo Wii and accessories worth £310.
Officers from Bexley's burglary squad investigated after the couple who live at the address returned home to find their rear kitchen window damaged and the property taken.
Police forensic scene examiners found traces of blood on the windowsill and Fagan, who is on the national DNA databse after earlier crimes, was identified and arrested on November 9.
Detective Sergeant Shelley Barrett said: "Burglary is a crime that can be both financially costly and emotionally devastating for victims and their families.
"In the absence of any witness to this burglary the blood sample obtained by the forensic scene examiner, which transpired to be a full DNA match for Fagan, was vital in securing a conviction against him in court."
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