Burglar caught after her blood was found at scene
A female burglar who left her blood at the scene of the crime has been jailed.
Sara Copeland, and an unknown man, broke into a flat at Holly Court, in Sunderland, after she attended a party with the victim in July last year.
Elizabeth Muir, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court how the 34-year-old and her accomplice, helped themselves to a number of items inside a lockable cupboard.
Ms Muir told the court how Copeland and Dylan Barnes, who was charged with handling stolen goods, were arrested following a phone call from a member of the public.
The concerned woman contacted officers after Barnes asked one of her friends for his T-shirt as he had been stabbed.
Copeland, 33, was found with the stolen handbag and bag of toiletries. Barnes, 37, was found to have an Audi car key in his pocket.
Inside the Audi was another leopard print handbag, identified by the victim as being taken from the lockable cupboard in her house as well as paperwork in her name.
Copeland, of Front Street, Sunderland, pleaded guilty to burglary on the basis that she was walking past the victim’s house and the unknown male suggested breaking the window.
Barnes, of Ainsworth Street, Sunderland, admitted handling stolen goods.
Judge Bindloss sentenced Copeland to six months in prison. He sentenced Barnes to five months in prison, however the time he has spent in custody meant he was realised straight away.