Would-be raiders were dazed by grenade

Acting on a tip-off that a robbery was planned at the home of a businessman who sometimes kept money in his safe, gardaí who were lying in wait detonated a stun grenade to disorientate three men creeping around the house, it was claimed yesterday.

Would-be raiders were dazed by  grenade

Tom Creed, prosecuting, outlined the evidence he anticipated would be given at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of Niall Fitzpatrick, aged 46, of Corrin Close, the Glen, Co Cork, who denies charges of possession of a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun and ammunition, and attempted aggravated burglary at the home of Pat Glavin at Rougrane, Glanmire, on August 11, 2013.

Mr Creed said Mr Glavin ran a fast-food business for 30 years, with 12 chip vans serving at various events, and occasionally kept cash in his home safe over bank holiday weekends.

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