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Punter Shop Pilferer Put In Pokey By Poo On Shoe -- SYDNEY (Reuters) - A glob of dog excrement on a Queensland robber's shoe has been used as evidence to identify him, landing him with a 10-year stretch for a betting shop hold-up on Australia's Gold Coast.  Police said Thursday they had used enhanced photos from a security camera to match the pattern of excrement found at the crime scene to that on 26-year-old Jacob Smith's shoe.  "It's not rocket science. It's as plain as poo on your shoe," police sergeant Alan Piper, a veteran scientific officer, was quoted by local media as saying.  "It could have been one of a thousand or ten thousand shoes, but because that poo was there it was creating a great big feature that allowed us to go to a positive identification."  "I'd say there has been some more poo on the shoe but it has worn away," said Piper, who admitted to also doing a smell test.  Smith, who had wrapped a sheet around his face to hide his identity during the heist, was jailed in June for 10 years and 10 months on charges of robbery, being armed and in company and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.


Bumblin' Bob by Boromir
(Tune: He's In The Jailhouse Now)

I knew a guy named Bumblin' Bob
Who likes to cheat, steal and rob
He tried to boost the punters daily take

He hopped right over the pooch
To go buy himself some hooch.
But stepped right in to what all pooches make.

He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now.
Didn't look where he was steppin' to
And stepped right into doggy doo
He's in the jailhouse now.

Bob tried to cover his face
So he could exit without a trace
With money people risked from honest pay

Bob wasn't doin' very much thinkin'
To the stuff on his shoe that was stink'n
I guess he didn't make a very clean getaway.

He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now.
Didn't look where he was steppin' to
And stepped right into doggy doo
He's in the jailhouse now.

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