Often, details of how offenders were brought to justice only come out on their day in court – and, sometimes, this reveals how they were caught for making one stupid mistake.
Below is a gallery of criminals who ended up in custody for making inexplicable choices while carrying out their offences.
They include a drug smuggler who couldn’t tell border officers what country he had just driven from to the street robber who, for no reason, bit his victim during an attack and thus left DNA police could use to track him.
They include a drug smuggler who couldn’t tell border officers what country he had just driven from to the street robber who, for no reason, bit his victim during an attack and thus left DNA police could use to track him.
![Alex Farkis, 29, of Abbeydale Road, stole bank cards from a home on Sharrow Street, but returned three days later to give them back to the owner. While doing so, he gave back his OWN bank card, which was used to identify him. He was jailed for 18 months.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNmOWI1NzZmLTgzNDktNGVjMC04MWVlLTNmZjBmODkzMmIzNjpmOTY4OTk5Zi1lMWI3LTQ4OTMtOGUxMi1mYzhkYzE1Y2U1ZjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Sheffield Crown Court
Alex Farkis, 29, of Abbeydale Road, stole bank cards from a home on Sharrow Street, but returned three days later to give them back to the owner. While doing so, he gave back his OWN bank card, which was used to identify him. He was jailed for 18 months. Photo: Chris Etchells
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