Couple escaped kidnap because raider fell asleep

One of the masked raiders involved in the false imprisonment of a married couple at their home in Rochestown, Cork, last May fell asleep during the crime which gave the householder the chance to untie himself and get out of the house to alert the gardaí, it emerged today.

The jury was told on the opening day of the trial of one man facing five charges arising out of the crime that the gardaí arrived and arrested two men leaving the house. It is claimed that they were caught red-handed.