Burglars pretending to be gardaí broke into 83-year-old's bedroom in Cork

'Spree of planned and pre-meditated burglaries'

Cork Circuit Criminal Court was told the 83-year-old was cocooning at the time as part of the lockdown. She woke to find two men in her bedroom. They said they were members of An Garda Síochána looking for burglars. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Two burglars in a pre-meditated spree of crimes broke into the home of an 83-year-old woman shining torches in her bedroom and telling her they were gardaí looking for burglars.

Detective Sergeant Joe Young gave evidence at the sentencing hearing for one of the accused men, Christopher Jones, today at Cork Circuit Criminal.