Spaniard traumatised after raiders stole life savings

A Spanish national was left “extremely traumatised” after his life savings were stolen by raiders armed with hammers who struck him in the head and back.

Yesterday, one of those involved in the burglary, Connie Foley, aged 32, of no fixed address, was sentenced to five years in jail at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said: “This is at the higher end of the scale — to go to a house in the dark of night and use hammers on the man. He is addicted to drink and anything else he can get. It is a frightening type of case.”