Czech broke into house twice within days of coming to Ireland

A 47-year-old Czech man, who was in the country for just one day when he broke into a house in Killarney, must leave and not return for 10 years to avoid a jail term, a court heard.

Peter Svácha of Knockanine West, Killarney, a forestry worker, had been brought from Czech Republic to thin trees. He arrived in Ireland on Sept 10.

Det Garda Kelly told Tralee District court that on Sept 11, the owner of Coven Tree Cottage in Killarney, Garret McKenna, returned to find Svácha standing in his house. He had entered via a rear unsecured window, and he had placed a number of items in a bag “ready to transport from the premises”.