Thieves scale 40ft building in jewel heist

DARING raiders climbed more than 40 feet onto a three-storey building before breaking through a skylight and stealing a five-figure sum of jewellery.

Gardaí investigating the theft from the jewellery shop in Co Cork believe it took place during the hours of darkness sometime over last weekend.

The raiders are believed to have gone into the car park at the rear of the former co-op shop in Fermoy from where they climbed onto the roof of the adjoining Barber’s jewellers.