Peterborough burglar jailed for four years after leaving blood at the scene of the crime

A Peterborough burglar who smashed his way into a city flat has been jailed for four years after he left blood at the scene of their crime.
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Peter Round, 48, left drops of his blood at the home he’d broken into in Eastfield Road overnight on 28 September last year (2020).

He smashed a small window of the ground-floor flat to enable him to force open a bigger window and make his way inside, however in doing so he cut himself, leaving his DNA at the scene.

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Once inside, Round stole a 40” smart TV, a laptop, an ID card, PlayStation games and controllers.

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Peter Round

Police were called and forensic officers took swabs of the blood found on the broken window, which came back as a full DNA profile for Round.

On 30 November, officers went to Round’s home in Whitwell, Paston, to arrest him, to which he claimed he knew nothing about a burglary saying “I don’t do burglaries”.

He was charged with burglary including theft, which he denied but was found guilty following a trial at Peterborough Crown Court.

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On Friday (14 May), he appeared at the same court where he was sentenced to four years in prison.

DS Justin Parr, from the Acquisitive Crime Team, said: “Having your home burgled can have a significant impact on victims, leaving them feeling unsafe in their own homes.

“The victims in this instance had only been living in the flat for a short time and were frightened for quite a while after the burglary.”