Dublin burglar sold €190,000 of jewellery for €500 worth of heroin

A burglar who stole a safe containing €190,000 worth of jewellery which he sold “as scrap” for €500 worth of heroin has been jailed for four years.

Gerry Connors (aged 28) told gardaí he had hopped over the garden wall of the house in Killiney, Dublin to urinate and peered in a window.