A grieving women returned from her dad's funeral to find that her home had been burgled.
Stephen Sand s injured himself breaking in and left blood on the floor and on some clothes inside the house in Seaforth. Sands stole clothes and a few days after the break-in the victim saw a woman wearing some of them.
Neighbours believed the stranger may have been given the stolen clothes by a man living in a nearby homeless shelter whom she associated with. Christopher Hopkins, prosecuting confirmed this was true during a hearing earlier today at Liverpool Crown Court.