Jail for man who used meat cleaver in raid on family home

A Cork family was terrorised by two men armed with a gun and a meat cleaver who forced their way into their home at night and yesterday one of the raiders was jailed for five years.

Derek Evans, of 39 Russell Place, Russell Square, Tallaght, Dublin, was sentenced to seven years with the last two suspended for committing the aggravated burglary at a house on Togher Road, Cork, on December 16, 2016, and having a weapon of offence, namely a meat cleaver at the time.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabáin sentenced Evans at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.