Baby clothes, cars and passports among items taken by Wexford man jailed for spate of burglaries

A Wexford resident who stole baby clothes, a child's birth certificate and the parents' marriage certificate during one of 17 burglaries of occupied homes has been sentenced to five years.

Kevin Coughlan (aged 23) stole 13 cars, engagement rings, passports and other sentimental items from houses while the homeowners were asleep.