A burglar was caught out after leaving a trail of blood in a Chinese buffet restaurant he broke into.
Phillip Jones was then locked in a convenience store by a brave shop worker after he raided the premises at knifepoint. To round off his crime spree, he burgled a Lidl supermarket to pilfer booze on three separate occasions.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday afternoon, Thursday, that the first in a spate of incidents came on February 21 this year when the 40-year-old, of Windfield Green in Garston, targeted the Chinese Buffet in Speke. Kenneth Grant, prosecuting, described how Jones broke in and stole a quantity of cash from the premises - but was linked to the incident after his blood was discovered on cables at the back of the till.
