Intoxicated intruder asked for drink

A LATE-NIGHT intruder was so drunk in the house he burgled that he asked for a drink when the householders nabbed him — and after he was pushed out of the house he knocked on the door and asked again for a bottle.

A jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court returned a verdict of not guilty for Patrick Faulkner, of 23 Dunmore Gardens, Knocknaheeny, Co Cork.

The father of the family and one of his teenage daughters gave evidence.