Teenager who 'ran out of steam' after climbing drain pipe scared Cork woman in her flat

The teenager's solicitor told the court: “When he got locked out he came up with this idea to climb up the drainpipe to the apartment on the second floor. He ran out of steam, literally. He got into the nearest apartment so that he would not fall from the drainpipe." File photo: iStock

A woman was frightened when a young man came into her apartment by climbing up the drain pipe and getting in the window.

The teenager said he only did this because he was locked out of his friend’s apartment elsewhere in the building. The young woman who resides at Stone Court, Trafalgar Hill, Tivoli, Cork, did not know who the young man was and had not given anyone any permission to be there, Inspector Martin Canny said at Cork District Court.