Burglar jailed for pounds 3,700 pub raid.

A BURGLAR who stole nearly pounds 3,700 cash and pounds 2,700 worth of jewellery from a pub was tracked down after he left fingerprints on a cash box.

Paul Hulme broke into private accommodation at the Hand public house in Denbigh on August 4 last year, Caernarfon crown court heard.

The 25-year-old, of Chadderton near Oldham, made off with thousands of pounds in cash and jewellery. But forensic experts found his fingerprints on the cash box and he was tracked down and arrested.

He admitted the charge and was jailed for two years.

Sentencing, Judge Merfyn Hughes QC said: "You stole a considerable quantity of cash and jewellery of significant sentimental value." The judge heard pub landlord Nigel Williams had locked the premises and gone out.

Richard Maidstone, prosecuting, said when he returned shortly after 11pm he found the kitchen window wide open and the lights on.

"Inside a bedroom he saw an empty cashbox," he said.

Simon Gurney, defending, said Hulme had drug problems.