‘Fantasist’ burglar said he had open invite to house

A “bit of a fantasist” was sentenced to eight weeks for wandering into a house late at night and taking random things. He claimed he had an open invitation.

Abukar Farah, aged 27, with an address at an apartment on Charlemont Terrace, Wellington Rd, Cork, was convicted of burglary by Judge John King, at Cork District Court, despite his claim he had an open invitation from a previous occasion when there was an all-night party of drinking and of smoking marijuana. He said he was friendly with people living in the house, including a man he knew only as Kevin.

However, resident Evan Sweetnam said he got a fright when Farah walked into the house after midnight on July 19, 2017, at St Dominic’s Terrace, French’s Quay, Cork.