Operation Evening Mass: Gardaí arrested robbers while Cork couple out, court hears

Man pleads not guilty to entering house as trespasser to commit theft, and endangerment and causing criminal damage to a Garda car

Gardaí had information a burglary was going to take place at the home, court told

An elderly couple planning to attend evening Mass were informed of a plan to ‘rob’ their house when they were out and they gave permission to have six officers in the house to catch them in an investigation called Operation Evening Mass.

That was the evidence of the couple, who have been married for 43 years, which was presented to Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin and a jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court today.