Homeowner had boiling water thrown at him during burglary

A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man accused of taking a saucepan of hot burning liquid from the hob in a kitchen and throwing it over the owner of a house during an aggravated burglary, at Christmas 2016.

Malcolm Kelly was served with the book of evidence yesterday at Cork District Court. Mr Kelly, aged 31, who lived previously in Kanturk, is now living at 83 Spa Road, Tralee, Co Kerry. He is charged with committing an aggravated burglary at O’Sullivan’s Lane, Barrack St, Cork, while armed with a kitchen knife and a saucepan containing a hot, burning liquid. He was also charged with assault causing harm to Ryan McDonnell.

Inspector Finbarr O’Sullivan applied to have the case against Mr Kelly sent forward for trial.