Son of footballer Trevor Francis 'broke into ex-player Lee Hendrie's £1.7m home and stole Jimmy Choos, golf clubs and souvenir shirts' Jamie Francis is accused of breaking into former Aston Villa player's cottage The Tamworth FC player denies the charges The court heard Mr Francis' fingerprints were found at the scene The son of former England footballer Trevor Francis broke into the house of former Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie and stole valuable a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, souvenir football shirts and a set of golf clubs, a court heard today. James Francis, 26, from Solihull in the West Midlands, is also alleged to have stolen sunglasses, a watch and a mobile phone from a cottage in Mr Hendrie's £1.7million property in Rowington, Warwickshire, in the summer of 2011. Warwick Crown Court today heard Francis left a muddy footprint in the cottage and two fingerprints which matched others he previously gave following an arrest for drink driving. James Francis (centre right), son of former footballer and manager of Birmingham City Trevor Francis (left) arrives at Warwickshire Justice Centre today. He is accused of burgling ex-footballer Lee Hendrie's home The jury heard Francis has a previous conviction from August 5, 2010, for 'failing to provide specimen for analysis.' His fingerprints were kept on the national police database which provided a match for those found at Lee Hendrie's home following the break-in in August 2011. PC Robert Harrison, of Warwickshire Police, told the court: 'We examined the main door to the cottage, which had a panel missing from the bottom. The panel was just on the other side of the door inside the cottage. As I looked around I saw a stack of empty picture frames leant against the wall. Lee Hendrie arriving at Warwickshire Justice Centre in Leamington Spa today They would have contained football shirts, but they were clearly not there anymore. We also found the foot mark of a shoe inside the cottage. Francis, who plays for Tamworth United FC, was arrested and charged with burglary following the break-in at Mr Hendrie's £1.7million home. Paul Edwards, a fingerprint expert from Warwickshire Police, told the jury: 'We analysed two fingerprints. Warwick Crown Court heard how Francis broke into the one-bedroom cottage, which is in the grounds of Mr Hendrie's sprawling £1.7million six-bedroom mansion (pictured) A left thumb print from the door panel, and a right thumb print from a piece of card from the back of a photo frame. We matched it to fingerprints already on our files, and confirmed they matched those of James Francis. Francis, who denies burglary, was watched today by his father, who won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest and played for England 52 times, from the public gallery. James Francis plays for Tamworth in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football At the close of the prosecution case, the jury were read transcripts of both police interviews with Francis. During the interviews, he said he was employed as a manager for a cleaning company and had worked at Hendrie's home in May 2011. Francis told police he had entered the cottage during a clean-up of the main house and had noticed framed football shirts inside the outbuilding. The retired England international's son added that his parents had lived at one of the cottages about five years earlier and that he was familiar with its lay-out. In the second interview, at which he was arrested and quizzed under caution, Francis told officers: 'The amount of memorabilia I have got off my dad - I've got a signed Pele shirt, a Maradona shirt - why on earth would I want a Lee Hendrie shirt?' Yesterday prosecutor Trevor Meegan claimed that two thumb prints were found on a door panel and on one of four pieces of torn cardboard within Hendrie's house. 'This case concerns a burglary of a small unoccupied cottage which was owned by a former professional footballer by the name of Lee Hendrie,' the prosecutor said. The burglary occurred approximately two years ago and our case centres on the presence of two thumb prints that were found at the scene of the crime. Mr Meegan also added that the burglary took place while Hendrie and his wife Emma were away on holiday in Majorca and submitted there was no possible innocent explanation for Francis' thumb prints being present. Hendrie's gardener informed the couple about what had seen, while it was Emma Hendrie who discovered that possessions had been taken when they returned on August 2. Hendrie was renting the main part of the property to another footballer before the alleged burglary but the tenant did not have access to the one-bedroom cottage within the property, which was locked and which the Hendries were using as a storage area. Francis, 26, has denied burgling Hendrie's home on a date between July 18 and August 3, 2011. Trevor Francis (left) watched his son's trial from the public gallery. Police officers say fingerprints belonging to James Francis (right) were found at the scene