‘Thick with a brick’ may be country’s dumbest criminal

A ‘thick with a brick’ is a contender for Ireland’s dumbest criminal after a driver found him out cold after he had knocked himself out with a brick while trying to smash a car window.

Gerry Brady, owner of the Pheasant pub in Drogheda, Co Louth, discovered a man lying near his Mercedes E Coupe car after he finished work.

“At first I didn’t know what had happened, this was about 1am and we were just finishing up and heading home