Terry Nesbitt convicted after breaking into Warrimoo home

A man has been busted with breaking into a home after his fingerprints were found over possessions and his DNA was discovered on the sofa.

A man has been busted for breaking into a home after his fingerprints were found on a ceramic bull.

Terry Paul Nesbitt had initially denied breaking into the Warrimoo home but later pleaded guilty to entering a dwelling with intent to steal at Penrith Local Court.

The Cambridge Park man raided the home on June 12 – with police called shortly after, court documents state.

When officers arrived they found the property had been ransacked.

Cambridge Park local, Terry Nesbitt, was convicted after entering a Warrimoo home with intent to steal.

Terry Nesbitt appeared in Penrith Local Court on October 21 after ransacking a Warrimoo house.

Forensic officers got to work and uncovered Nesbitt’s fingerprints and DNA at the scene.

As well as being found on a red ceramic bull his prints were also on a small ceramic rectangular container and a ceramic dish on the dining table.

His prints were also found on a printer cartridge that was on the kitchen oven and a DNA sample was lifted from a sofa in the lounge room.

Nesbitt was arrested on June 16 and he refused to participate in police interview.

Nesbitt did participate in a forensic procedure by providing a buccal swab at Penrith Police Station.

In court he initially claimed a woman he had been friendly with had lived there and he’d only gone over to cut the lawn.

Representing himself, he had claimed she had ransacked the house and then sought to blame him.

But Magistrate Fiona Toose discarded his version of events and warned he’d been “teetering on the edge of prison for a while”.

“I accept the police version of events. At the end of the day, you did something you weren’t meant to and now you’re in trouble,” Magistrate Toose said.

Nesbitt was convicted of entering a dwelling with intent to steal and sentenced to a two year Community Corrections Order expiring on 20 October 2023.