Police had an easy time finding burglar Matthew Exeter.
He cut himself breaking the windows of a house he burgled and then carried a duvet full of computer gear along Christchurch streets, dripping a trail of blood.
A member of the public contacted police, who traced the blood trail to his front door.
Exeter, 22, initially denied the burglaries, but in the end pleaded guilty. He was jailed today for 15 months.
Judge Jane Farish, in Christchurch District Court, described his burglaries as ridiculous. "It indicates to me that you must have been significantly under the influence of drugs or alcohol to have walked down Riccarton Road with the duvet of stolen goods across your back, dripping blood."
On December 18, Exeter broke two windows to get into a suburban Riccarton property where tourists were staying. He cut himself in the process.
Inside, he rounded up two laptop computers, two digital cameras, iPods, and a Blackberry electronic organiser, piled them into a duvet and set off along Riccarton Road with it slung over his shoulder.
When police caught up with him, they found the stolen goods and a laptop from another burglary.
Judge Farish said Exeter had been jailed as a young man - the first of several prison terms - and had also received a significant head injury which affected his cognitive thinking and concentration.
His latest two burglaries were committed less than three weeks after his release from prison.
Judge Farish received a letter from his grandparents appealing for a rehabilitation sentence that would enable him to remain crime-free.
She jailed him with permission to apply for home detention if a Community Alcohol and Drug Service assessment is completed and if a place can be found for him on a rehabilitation course.
"In the long term, it is going to be in the best interests of the community to stop you doing these crazy crimes because of your alcohol and drug problem," she said.