Man called Cork homeowner 'f***ing rat' after arrest for 'utterly inept' trespassing

The defence solicitor said: “He was seen by at least one or more people walking around hopelessly trying to do whatever he was doing."

All four offences related to trespassing on the curtilage of a house at Sidney Place on Wellington Road in Cork in the early hours of July 16, 2020. File picture: Dan Linehan

A homeowner in the Wellington Road area of Cork was insulted as “a f***ing rat” when he called gardaí after his car alarm went off in the early hours and he saw a man running across neighbouring gardens.

Now the accused man has been jailed for six months for trespassing on the curtilage of four houses in the area.