Man jailed for series of burglaries in Cork while wearing 'distinctive Halloween mask'

The court heard he carried out three burglaries on the same night at a Maxol filling station

Sentences totalling 11 months were imposed on defendant. File picture

A distinctive Halloween mask was worn by a 37-year-old man carrying out a series of burglaries in the Douglas area of Cork around that time of the year.

Judge Mary Dorgan said it was extraordinary that the accused carried out so many burglaries in a very short space of time against a background where he had no previous convictions of any kind.