Burglar is behind bars after police find his blood at scene of crime
GOODS STOLEN, INCLUDING A CHARITY BOX, WORTH £13,500
A PROLIFIC offender has been jailed after leaving his blood at the scene of a burglary.
Shane Green, aged 31, smashed his way into the Lammas Leisure Centre in Sutton-in-ashfield, causing more than £2,500 of damage and making off with more than £13,500 of goods.
As well as stealing a TV, digital radios and computer tablets during the raid in the early hours of March 18 this year, Green and two unidentified accomplices also made off with a large charity box.
Police attended the scene the following day and found blood belonging to Green on a door frame, after he smashed a glass panel and cut his hand.
He was arrested later the same day still wearing the same clothes he wore during the burglary.
Green, of Woods Hill, Sutton-in-ashfield, has multiple previous convictions for burglary offences and gave ‘no comment’ answers in his police interview, the force said.
However, he later admitted the charge of burglary after being faced with the evidence of his guilt.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, he was jailed for one year and eight months.
Detective Constable Hollie Fothergill, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Green is a prolific offender with multiple previous convictions.
“Despite his protestations of innocence in this case, he was undone by two pieces of utterly damning evidence that left him with little option but to plead guilty.
“I am pleased he has now been jailed and sincerely hope that this latest spell behind bars gives him the motivation he needs to change the direction of his life.”