Man found guilty after five-week burglary trial

A man who gardaí claimed was spotted with a Remington 12-guage pump-action shotgun during an attempted burglary at a family home on the outskirts of Cork City, was yesterday found guilty at a jury trial.

After a five-week trial, a jury took almost four hours to find Niall Fitzpatrick guilty, by a majority verdict, on all four charges against him.

Fitzpatrick, aged 47, with an address at Corrin Close, The Glen, Cork, was remanded in custody by Judge David Riordan for sentencing on Thursday, November 13.