Mother and son barricaded door against burglar armed with hatchet, Cork court told

The accused tried to escape from gardaí when he took a cigarette break during a garda interview

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin revoked the suspension on a previous two-year sentence and then imposed a consecutive three-year term on the 21-year-old man.

A mother and her adult son hid in a bedroom and held the door closed against a hatchet-wielding intruder who tried to force his way into the room.

Now the young man responsible for this aggravated burglary has been jailed for five years.