Woman met burglar outside bathroom

A woman stepped out of her bathroom late at night to see a stranger in her apartment and yesterday the culprit was jailed for nine months for burglary.

Edmond O’Sullivan, aged 26, of St Vincent’s hostel, Anglesea Terrace, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary.

Judge Tim Lucey said at Cork District Court that, ordinarily, he would refuse jurisdiction for a case where a home was burgled at a time when the owner was home and he would send it forward to the circuit criminal court. However, Judge Lucey said he would deal with this case as a colleague had already accepted jurisdiction.