Woman terrified by teen break-in

AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman was traumatised when a teenager broke into her house and asked if he could go to bed to hide from the gardaí. The culprit was yesterday jailed for 18 months.

Woman terrified by teen break-in

Judge Con Murphy noted that 14 years was the maximum possible sentence for such an offence.

“If you enter a house — especially the home of an elderly person — in the black of night and cause them considerable fright and trauma then a lengthy prison sentence is appropriate,” said Judge Murphy.

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