Burglar beaten with golf club by homeowner as he tried to escape out of window jailed

Accused's foot got stuck in the blinds as he tried to get out the window and 'was hanging upside down briefly from the blinds', court heard

Accused told gardaí: 'This was not the crime of a mastermind', and pointed out how much noise the blinds had made when he was trying to get in.

A burglar who was beaten with a golf club by the homeowner as he tried to get out of the apartment he had broken into has been jailed for three years.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on the evening of July 2, 2022, the male resident of an apartment in Dundrum, south Dublin, was asleep on the living room couch with his girlfriend when he heard a noise in the bedroom.