Jail for Cork man who stole soap from house but failed to make a clean getaway

A 55-year-old man who burgled a house by leaning in the bathroom window to steal soap claimed that he only wanted to wash himself – but unfortunately, he failed to make a clean getaway.

He was jailed for six months on the charge of burgling the house at Arderrow, Rathcooney Road, Glanmire, County Cork, at 9.15pm on February 12.