BURGLAR David Edward Benbow left a vital clue behind when he burgled the Co-op at Buckley - his own blood.
Benbow, 29, had been to the home of his girlfriend and punched in the glass in the door.
He was refused entry and left - but prosecutor Robert Blakemore said Benbow left a trail of clues for the police.
The Co-op was closed on the night of June 11 but builders were there doing work.
Benbow stole cans of lager and two bottles of wine from the store - and left a large amount of blood at the scene.
He was found by police in an alleyway with the stolen cans.
At Flintshire Magistrates Court Benbow admitted burglary at the Co-op and criminal damage to a pane of glass at a house in Nant Mawr Crescent in Buckley - but said he could remember nothing about it.
He was remanded in custody pending sentence in three weeks time.
The court was told it was suspected Benbow had been taking a mixture of alcohol and illegal substances and claimed he could not remember a thing.
He said he could not even remember being taken to hospital where he received six stitches in a gash to the hand.
The court heard he had not long been released from prison because he had been jailed in January for an assault charge.
Benbow said he could live at an address in Mill Lane in Buckley but was told the owner had refused to have him there.
Defending solicitor Phillip Lloyd Jones said his client had been in custody which had meant a great improvement in his health.
But the underlying problem was one of alcohol consumption, he said.
Magistrates heard other offences which occurred in Buckley that night, thefts from cars, where there was blood involved, were being investigated.
Magistrates were told that during the adjournment the prosecution would draw up a schedule of other offences which Benbow would be asked to take into consideration.
