Kerry man helped himself to cheese and beetroot during burglary

Accused and accomplice defecated on sitting room floor and took blankets, cushions, curtain and some Edam cheese and beetroot, court heard

Within minutes of the alarm being raised, both men were found by gardaí on the steps of a church with food and blankets around them. 'They had effectively bedded down with the Edam cheese and beetroot and blankets,' court told

Burglars broke into a woman’s home where one of them defecated on her sitting room floor before both made off with blankets, cushions, and curtains along with some cheese and beetroot from her fridge.

Gardaí found both homeless men on the steps of the Claddagh church in Galway City a short time later, well wrapped up and tucking into the charcuterie.