Burglar choked mother holding baby in Cork home and warned her: 'We will hurt you'

Mother was with her children at a house in The Glen and was holding her one-year-old in her arms when three men broke into the house and demanded car keys, court heard

Two of the three men involved in the violent burglary will be sentenced later in the week. Picture: Larry Cummins.

A mother-of-four holding her one-year-old infant was caught from behind by a burglar who choked her with his arm and warned her: “Give us the keys — you have 10 seconds or we will hurt you.” 

Detective Sergeant Kieran O’Sullivan described this violent burglary at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where two of the three men involved — Jonathan Power and Shane Purcell — face sentencing on April 26.