A thief who was caught by his DNA was spared jail today after a crime spree.
Blood and saliva retrieved from a lorry depot and an office helped police catch Andrew Neil Churchill.
He faced a total of seven charges today for theft, fraud and burglary.
Wrexham magistrates gave the 30 year-old of no fixed abode one more chance after handing him a suspended 16-week sentence.
However, he still faces handing back nearly £1,000 in compensation to affected parties, after admitting the charges.
The court heard how Churchill, a former roofer and dad-of-three, had siphoned diesel worth £95 from two lorries at Atlas Express, Pontybodkin, Mold, in July 2015.
But DNA from a hose linked the crime to Churchill.
Then on April 15 this year he pinched a wallet belonging to David Parfitt from a car parked on Moreton Street, Johnstown.
The next day he used a stolen card to buy a £39 toaster and a £449 laptop from Argos on Plas Coch, Wrexham and a Samsung phone worth £449 from the other of the town’s Argos stores in Island Green.
On May 7 he stole an iPod worth £120 belonging to Geraint Wyn Jones from a car on Bryn Glas, Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham.
Churchill then drove off from an Esso Garage on Wrexham Road, Rhostyllen without paying for £20 worth of diesel on May 20.
And finally on May 22 DNA taken from blood found at a burglary at the Hafod Colliery Club on Broad Street, in Rhosllannerchrugog, was again matched to Churchill.
Nothing was taken during that incident.
A report by probation officers urged the magistrates to give him one more chance arguing he’d had a history of amphetamine drug abuse, had been homeless for three years surfing other people’s sofas, but was no longer taking illegal substances.
Justine McVitie, defending, said: “Since he came out of prison he has had nowhere else to live and these are not the most serious offences before the court.
“He has no fear of court.”
Magistrates chairman, Pat Thomas, gave Churchill a 30 day probation requirement to get his life back on track and 200 hours unpaid work.
Warning him if he steps out of line, the prison sentence will be activated, Ms Thomas said: “I can’t stress enough that you have to tow line. This is your only chance to work with probation and turn your life around.”
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexham-court-spares-thief-caught-11446017
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