Drunk man entered West Cork house he thought was his own and verbally abused owner

Accused told court it was 'an act of stupidity that should never have happened'

Accused entered a guilty plea to entering a property at Clontaff in Union Hall as a trespasser to commit an arrestable offence within, on October 2, 2016. Picture: Larry Cummins

A 30-year-old man has apologised profusely before Cork Circuit Criminal Court for going in to a property which he drunkenly thought was his own and having a verbal altercation with the homeowner, before leaving with a phone that did not belong to him.

Thomas Magee, formerly of Whitecliffe, Belfast, and West Cork but now living in the UK, delivered an apology by video link from prison to the homeowner and to the court.