Cork woman found burglar hiding in bedroom

'He fully understands how terrified the young woman must have been'

Thado Mhlang pleaded guilty to a burglary charge at Cork District Court.

A woman was terrified when she walked into her bedroom in the early hours of the morning to find a man she had never seen before hiding behind the door.

That was the scenario described by Sergeant Aisling Murphy at Cork District Court when 30-year-old Thado Mhlanga, who was never in any trouble before, pleaded guilty to a burglary charge.