A teenage burglar was caught after he left a bottle with his blood on at the scene of the crime.
Adam Joseph Craig Gallagher, of Tynwald Close, Peel, also stole car keys from the property and then took a car without consent.
The 18-year-old admitted offences of burglary theft and taking a vehicle without consent.
He will be sentenced on January 12 after a probation report has been completed.
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Prosecuting advocate James Robinson this week told a court that, at 2.07am on December 7 last year, police saw a driver struggling to park in Patrick Street in Peel.
The driver then drove away but then later collided with a parked car.
When police arrived they found the car with the keys in the ignition.
A witness said that the owner of the car was off the island.
The owner had left the car keys with a neighbour as tree cutting was planned for the area so the car may have needed moving.
The neighbour said they had returned home on December 9 last year and found a two-litre empty bottle of what looked to have been an orange liquid and jacket that didn’t belong to her.
She said that two small panes of glass were broken with blood left on the window.
The car keys had been in a desk drawer but were now missing.
Blood was also found on the bottle which, after forensic testing, led police to Gallagher.
He attended a voluntary interview on March 14 and initially denied all knowledge of the offences.
He claimed he did not know where Patrick Street was and had never been in the house concerned.
When quizzed about his DNA being present he answered ’no comment’.
Mr Robinson submitted that the case was suitable for summary court sentencing.
Defence advocate Kate Alexander asked for a probation report to be prepared before sentencing.
High Bailiff Jayne Hughes accepted summary court jurisdiction and ordered that the report consider all options, including custody.
Bail was granted in the sum of £500 with conditions that Gallagher live at his home address, contact probation, and not leave the island without court permission.