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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 9, February 28, 2016, Article 34

COIN THIEF WAS CAUGHT USING DNA EVIDENCE

David Pickup forwarded this article about how a coin thief was caught by the use of DNA evidence. Thanks. -Editor

A man who stole valuable coins worth £161,000 was arrested by police after a DNA hit from a cup he drank while viewing the coins at an address in Norfolk.

Jaroslaw Piotrowski, 30, had gone to view the coins, which included an Elizabeth I gold sovereign and a Henry VIII gold sovereign, at a property in Swanton Morley after they had been advertised on eBay.

Piotrowski, who was left alone at the house by the owner when he made a phone call, ran out of the house with the coins.

But police revealed he was later arrested following a DNA hit from a cup he drank whilst viewing coins at the address.

The coins stolen included a 1642 Triple Unite; two Henry VIII Sovereigns; a James Rose Royal; an Elizabeth I Sovereign; a 1692 William and Mary Five Guinea; a 1678 Five Guinea and a 1679 Five Guinea.

Piotrowski, of Colwell Drive, Witney, in Oxfordshire, appeared at Norwich Crown Court yesterday where he admitted the theft of the coins.

The court heard that two of the coins worth £40,000 had been recovered.

To read the complete article, see:
Thief who stole £160,000 worth of coins from Norfolk address caught by DNA hit from cup he drank from (www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/thief_who_stole
_160_000_worth_of_coins_from_norfolk_address_caught_by
_dna_hit_from_cup_he_drank_from_1_4428892)

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