AN alleged convenience store robber's fingerprint was discovered on a light bulb box knocked over and replaced by the drunken raider, the High Cout has heard.
Prosecutors said Thomas Robin was stopped with nearly £1,000 stuffed down his sock within minutes of the hold-up near his south Belfast home.
It was also disclosed that police are now investigating three similar robberies carried out a day earlier.
Details emerged on Monday as 23-year-old Robin was refused bail due to the risk of re-offending.
The accused, of Raby Street in the city, faces charges of robbery and possession of an offensive weapon over the raid at Vivo on the Ormeau Road on April 1.
A previous court heard how a hooded man approached staff at the shop counter brandishing a 6" knife and said: "Open the f****** till."
The robber, described as being unsteady on his feet, made off with £975 in cash.
Robin was said to have been detained riding a bicycle 10 minutes later and with a similar amount of cash in his socks.
He claimed to have just had wins at the bookies.
Opposing Robin's renewed bid to get out of custody, prosecution counsel Philip Henry claimed he is linked by fingerprint evidence.
"An item was touched by the offender as he was making his way to the till," the barrister said.
"It was knocked off a shelf and then replaced, (while being) observed by staff."
Mr Henry went on to reveal detectives believe a similar modus operandi featured on three other robberies the previous day.
Robin has not been charged with or questioned about any other incident.
His barrister, Richard McConkey, said his client regularly shops for groceries in the store and could have touched the box when he was seeking lighting for his new home.
However, Mr Justice Deeny denied the bail application.
