Burglar jailed after rape threat at women's home

Man pleaded guilty to burglary with the intention of committing rape and sexual assault, a charge usually more associated with theft

Two terrified young women had to arm themselves with a brush to beat away a much older man who forced himself into their home in Tralee, Co Kerry, warning he was going to rape one and force her partner into a sexual act.

Christopher Healy, aged 59, of Mitchels Avenue, Tralee, was handed down a four-year sentence with the final year suspended at the Circuit Criminal Court in Killarney today.