Manhunt over as teen escapee walks into court for sentencing

A man who was the subject of a garda manhunt this week after escaping from custody calmly walked into court yesterday to be sentenced for burglary at the home of a prominent solicitor.

Christopher Curtin, aged 18, escaped from custody on Wednesday as he was brought to prison on remand on other matters.

At his sentencing hearing in the circuit court yesterday, Curtin, of Salvia Court, Southill, Co Limerick, was jailed for three years, with the final year suspended, after he pleaded guilty to burglary at the home of solicitor Turlough Herbert, a former Limerick hurler.