Man trespassing outside back door of house was 'only there to avoid drugs search'

Picture: Man given 200 hours of community service instead of going to jail for five months. Picture: Larry Cummins

A man who was prosecuted for trespassing outside the back door of a house on a dark night was only there in order to avoid a drugs search.

That was the explanation he gave for a trespass charge which gave a householder a fright in her home last Christmas.