DNA testing of samples taken five years ago led to a Blenheim man confessing to a crime he did not remember committing because he was drunk.
Marlon William Watene, 35, labourer, admitted a burglary charge after DNA found at the scene of a burglary in Wellington five years ago was matched with his.
Watene also admitted breaching bail and breaching a public liquor ban when he appeared in the Blenheim District Court yesterday.
He was sentenced to four months' jail for burglary and one month for breaching bail, to be served concurrently, and was convicted and discharged for breaching the liquor ban.
Judge Richard Russell said Watene smashed a sensor in the service lane of a building in January 2005 and used a wheelie bin to get on to the roof.
He used a hammer to prise off part of the corrugated iron roof to get inside the Johnsonville Lotto and Gifts store, Judge Russell said.
An alarm went off, and Watene left blood on the roof while escaping.
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