Burglar jailed after police match DNA and footprint (From Your Local Guardian)

Croydon burglar jailed after DNA match

8:07am Monday 13th February 2012 in Top Stories By Nick Hitchens

Croydon burglar Kieran Knott jailed after DNA match

Matching footprints and DNA has led police to charge and convict a burglar.

Kieran Knott, of Whitehorse Road, Croydon, was sentenced to a total of three years nine months in jail for burglary after pleading guilty to burglary at Croydon Crown Court on Thursday February 9.

The court heard the 33-year-old, who was on a suspended sentence for a former crime, targeted a flat in Rectory Grove, Croydon during the day on September 29.

He stole expensive items including a laptop, digital camera and jewellery.

Forensic officers investigating found the victim’s home had been broken into and DNA on the window, as well as a partial footprint on a worktop.

DC Ken McAuley, who investigated the case said: “The DNA Knott left behind at the scene, along with the footprint, which matched up with a pair of shoes we recovered as he was arrested at his address left us in no doubt he was responsible for this burglary.

This sentence will ensure that he will be behind bars for a considerable amount of time to come.”