BABY-FACED BURGLAR NABBED BY JAFFA CAKE
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake. Sweet-toothed Reece O'Callaghan broke into the home of an elderly couple and helped himself to a pasta meal and some Jaffa cakes before making off with his loot, which included three televisions. The teenager was spotted by a neighbour and was arrested by police, but he denied being the culprit. But he was caught out after forensic experts found his middle finger imprint on the Jaffa Cake box, meaning the evidence 'literally pointed' at him, prosecutor Jason Pegg said. Birmingham Crown Court heard that the couple, aged 78 and 82, from the West Heath area of the city, had been away on holiday and returned to find their house in a mess. O'Callaghan, 19, also of West Heath, previously pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary and aggravated burglary…
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