Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery was stolen by a brazen thief who tried to sell it to a pawnbroker.
Rings, earrings and a bracelet were among the items nabbed by Mariusz Domzalski after he ransacked a home in Dundee.
One month later, Domzalski stole a hoard of jewellery and other items from another property and removed a security camera.
The bumbling crook was caught red-handed inside the property by police.
Polish national Domzalski is now facing deportation after he admitted ransacking the family homes.
More than £4k taken
Dundee Sheriff Court heard how a woman returned to the house on Mayfield Grove she shared with her husband to find someone had smashed their way into the utility room next to the garage.
Fiscal depute Andrew Harding said: “She observed numerous muddy footprints on the ground, which led to all of the rooms.
“She could see items had been rummaged through and discarded on the floor.
“A box containing her husband’s wedding ring was removed and the ring had been stolen.
“One of the windows was smashed and glass was on the floor.”
Police established the thief had used garden shears that did not belong to the woman to force his way in.
Domzalski was later arrested following follow-up checks with second-hand dealers.
It was revealed he had sold several items of jewellery matching the description of some taken from the house.
The amount of property lost totalled £4,235 and only £750-worth was recovered by police.
Second raid
Domzalski was snared in the second incident on Fenwick Place thanks to an electronic doorbell notification.
The residents became suspicious after a check on another security camera was still and distorted.
“Police attended and observed the kitchen window to be fully broken,” Mr Harding said.
“A small amount of blood was on the glass.
“Officers made their way to the front door and the accused opened the door.
“He was immediately taken hold of and arrested.”
Domzalski was found with numerous items of stolen property and the security camera was discovered upstairs.
Previous crimes
The HMP Perth prisoner admitted stealing three earrings, three rings, a necklace, a bracelet, a Christening gown, costume jewellery with earrings, bracelets and money from the Mayfield Grove address on February 3 2020.
On March 17 that year, Domzalski raided the Fenwick Place property to steal a watch, a jewellery pin, a kilt pin, four jewellery boxes, a box with a ring, a box of Pandora jewellery, a laptop, a tablet device, a security camera, a box of cufflinks and assorted jewellery, two brooches and a necklace.
No values were provided for those items.
Domzalski was jailed earlier this year for raiding student flats and previously spent time in custody for stealing a £1,200 Gucci bag.
Sheriff Eric Brown deferred sentence on Domzalski until September for a social work report to be prepared.
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