Intoxicated burglar fell asleep on homeowner’s bed

A burglar was so intoxicated that he fell asleep on the homeowner’s bed after piling up the items he intended to steal, a courtheard.

Michael McDermott, aged 43, was still sleeping in the box room when the home-owner son’s saw that the house had been broken into.

This man and his brother then dragged McDermott out into the front garden before gardaí arrived.