'I need treatment': Drug addict charged with burglaries at three Church properties

Nathan Coughlan took to the witness box and told Judge Liddy: 'I need to get help. Jail is not the answer.'

Nathan Coughlan (pictured) was before Letterkenny District Court on Tuesday where he was refused bail by Judge Ciaran Liddy. Picture: North West Newspix

A man with 123 previous convictions has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over burglaries at three Church properties in Donegal.

Nathan Coughlan was before Letterkenny District Court on Tuesday where he was refused bail by Judge Ciaran Liddy. The 27-year-old, with an address at Silverhill, Bundoran, was charged that at St Mary's Church, Stranorlar, on July 14, 2024, while being on the premises as a trespasser, he committed an arrestable offence therein, to wit theft.