Homeless man broke into Cork pub in order to go to prison

Judge Olann Kelleher suggested that Don Murphy's 359 convictions might be a record.

Don Murphy was found by gardaí sitting outside on the steps at the side of the Sin É pub drinking a bottle of Kinsale gin which he had stolen from inside it. File photo

A homeless man broke into a pub triggering the security alarm in the early hours and he then sat outside the pub drinking from a stolen bottle waiting for the gardaí to come and arrest him.

Defence solicitor, Diarmuid Kelleher, said Don Murphy had nowhere to stay and wanted to go to prison.