World's wurst burglar: half-eaten sausage helps German police solve nine-year-old burglary

Inquiry into 2012 burglary is revived after French police turn up a DNA match for unrelated crimeGerman police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary case after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a man detained in France over an unrelated crime.Police in the western town of Schwelm said on Thursday the sausage belonged to the victim, and the suspect – a 30-year-old Albanian citizen – appeared to have helped himself to a bite during the break-in in Gevelsberg in March 2012.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Forensic science Germany Europe France Source Type: news