Man accused of burglary at Mary Coughlan's home 'threatened to kill singer's son-in-law'

Court hears the man broke into the blues singer's home after trying to get into the adjoining house where her daughter lives

The trial of the man alleged to have broken into singer/songwriter Mary Coughlan's home will resume at Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court next Tuesday. Picture: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty

A man has gone on trial over the alleged burglary of the Wicklow home of well-known blues singer, Mary Coughlan, as well as threatening to kill her son-in-law who came across the intruder.

Darren Carton, aged 41, of Carraigoona Close, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow, has pleaded not guilty to the burglary of the property at Barchuilla Commons, Kilmacanogue, on January 9, 2021.