Woman accused of trying to abduct girl, 3, in Cork admits aggravated burglary

The trial had previously heard that when gardaí found the defendant, she had a scissors and a screwdriver

Rosemarie O’Sullivan pleaded guilty and asked if she could now be taken to Limerick Prison rather back to the Central Mental Hospital (pictured). Photo: Frank Miller

A 43-year-old woman who had been unfit to stand trial and remanded to the Central Mental Hospital for several months has now been declared fit to face the case and she has just pleaded guilty to the charge of aggravated burglary.

The background to the charge is that the accused woman was caught allegedly trying to take a three-year-old girl from her mother after breaking into an apartment in Cork city.