A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man accused of taking a saucepan of hot burning liquid from the hob in a kitchen and throwing it over the owner of a house during an aggravated burglary, at Christmas 2016.

A saucepan of hot burning liquid was taken from the hob in a kitchen and thrown over the owner of the house during an aggravated burglary, it was alleged yesterday.

Two men who stole over €123,000 in life savings from a pensioner were caught “drinking their way through the money” the very next day.

Thieves targeted the home of a pensioner just hours after gardaí recovered more than €100,000 of his life savings which had been stolen the day before.

A man accused of stabbing a father of four during a 21st birthday party held at a garda club walked free today after the case against him collapsed at Limerick Circuit Court.