Accused carried out spate of burglaries after father's Covid death

24-year-old Corkman 'went off the rails' in terms of alcohol abuse, court told

The judge said there needed to be a custodial sentence. Picture: Larry Cummins

A young man went off the rails when his 60-year-old father died of Covid and carried out burglaries in the Watergrasshill and Carrignavar areas of Cork.

Stephen McCarthy, 24, of Glennanor, Old Mallow Road, Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a number of charges, including burglaries committed around July 2021.