A 31-year-old suspected burglar from Hamburg, Germany was caught by the police after he left his finger at the crime scene.

The police in Hamburg told Ananova.com that the man was identified as Michael Baumgartner. Baumgartner tried to rob a leisure center in the city.

He hurriedly left when responding police arrived at the scene but a ring on his index finger caught on a metal fence and ripped his finger off.

Police found the severed finger on the ground and used it to track down the thief. Fortunately for them, the burglar's prints were in their database.

Doctors at a local hospital could not reattach the finger.