Burglars: ‘We were checking on owner’

Two men who were convicted of breaking into a flat over a post office claimed that they were motivated by concern for the owner whom they feared was dead.

Detective Garda Pat Barry said the front door of the property had been forced in and the inside door upstairs had also been kicked in and the apartment completely ransacked.

David Butt, aged 27, of 6 Avonmore Park, Mayfield, Cork, and Cian Walsh, aged 25, of 17 Mercier Park, Turner’s Cross, Cork, both denied the charge of burgling the premises over the post office on Inniscarra Road, Fairhill, Cork, on Feb 27 last.