Thief leaves more than a print
A careless burglar in Germany left behind a vital clue at a break-in when he sliced off the end of a finger and left it behind, police said on Monday.
"We usually find fingerprints at the crime scene, but it's not every day that thieves leave the original there too," said a spokesman for police in the central town of Hildesheim.
Police wasted no time in matching the piece of finger with existing prints they had from a 15-year-old of Iraqi origin.
The youth initially denied breaking and entering into an office to steal a computer but confessed when police produced the digital remnant, which had been severed on a broken window.
"I don't know if the fellow asked for it (the fingertip) back afterwards," the police spokesman said.
"We usually find fingerprints at the crime scene, but it's not every day that thieves leave the original there too," said a spokesman for police in the central town of Hildesheim.
Police wasted no time in matching the piece of finger with existing prints they had from a 15-year-old of Iraqi origin.
The youth initially denied breaking and entering into an office to steal a computer but confessed when police produced the digital remnant, which had been severed on a broken window.
"I don't know if the fellow asked for it (the fingertip) back afterwards," the police spokesman said.
posted by dom at Monday, October 30, 2006
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