A BARRY man whose blood was found at a house from where he stole £10,000 worth of cables and power tools has been jailed for two years.

Ross Mccaddon, from Ravenshoe Road in Barry, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.

Police were called to a house in Llantwit Major after a builder who was working on the site turned up there on the morning of June 26 to find that the temporary door to the building had been smashed open, the court heard.

He discovered that the cables and power tools worth nearly £10,000 had been taken but an area of disturbed grass led him to some undergrowth which revealed some more of the loot. 

Hanging from a nearby tree, was a blood stained bandage. 

The bandage was sent away for DNA analysis and the blood came back as a full profile match for Ross Mccaddon.

Despite the evidence, he could not explain how his blood came to be at the crime scene and pleaded not guilty to the offence, before being convicted by a jury following a trial in July.

South Wales Police detective inspector Michelle Conquer, said: "Mccaddon’s DNA was found on a bandage which he had stolen from a first aid box found at the scene – presumably he cut himself while cutting cables inside the premises.

"It led us straight to him as he was on the national database, but he maintained his innocence through to the end despite the evidence.

"As a result he has landed himself in jail for two years."