Man could not recall breaking into a café

A young man had such a quantity of anti-depressants, relaxants and alcohol that he could not remember breaking into a café at Blackrock village in Cork in the early hours of the morning.

Garda Gerard O’Leary showed Shane Byrne, 20, CCTV from the Natural Foods Bakery at the pier in Blackrock and even though he identified himself as the man in the video he could not remember breaking in.

Diane Hallahan, defence solicitor, said Byrne of 13A Post Office Avenue, Blackrock, had been abusing prescription tablets and alcohol at the time of the crime.