Cork man tells court he found man walking out of cupboard with laptop

The court heard the man’s wife was at home alone at the time of the alleged burglary.

Judge Kelleher refused bail and remanded the accused in custody to appear at Cork District Court by video link from prison on February 9. File photo

A householder returned home from a walk to find an alleged burglar stepping out of a cupboard in his home office with a laptop under his jacket.

The householder held on to the alleged intruder until the gardaí arrived to arrest him.