Bungling Carlisle burglar with 193 previous convictions jailed
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A man with 193 previous convictions has been jailed after leaving a "large quantity" of blood when he tried and failed to burgle a shipping container.
Police were able to match the blood in Buchanan Road in Currock, Carlisle, to Anthony Ronnie Sheckley.
The 49-year-old admitted attempted burglary and was jailed for 12 weeks at Carlisle Crown Court.
Sheckley, of Sheehan Crescent in Carlisle, attempted to break into the container which was used as a shed.
The container's owners found someone had tried to force it open with some form of tool between 5 and 11 February.
Sheckley could "offer no explanation" for how his blood had got on to the container when he was questioned by police, the court heard.
Judge James Adkin jailed Sheckley after hearing he had 193 previous offences on his criminal record.