Drug addict awaits sentence in burglary case

A 28-year-old heroin addict who committed a spate of burglaries and car theft across south Dublin, threatened a woman with a sword during a robbery and was found with a sawn off shotgun will be sentenced later by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Paul Hogan, of Dunamore Crescent, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to seven burglaries, seven car thefts and one count of handling stolen property in the Rathfarnham, Knocklyon and Ballycullen areas on dates between July 2005 and May 2006.