Two teens armed with axe and hammer smash their way into Kerry home, court hears

Children and an elderly man were in the sitting room of a house in Listowel town, Co Kerry, shortly after midnight last Saturday night/Sunday morning when two youths armed with various items including an axe smashed the sitting room windows and door into the room, the juvenile court was told today.

A gardaí who outlined the facts in relation to alleged incident revealed that a Waterford crystal Reginald Tower, with a value of €4,500, which had been on the window sill was smashed.