Homeless man who broke into Cork house 'to get out of the rain' jailed for eight months

The man had wrongly presumed the house to be unoccupied

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A 38-year-old homeless man who squatted at a house on a cold and wet night when he wrongly presumed it to be unoccupied was jailed on Tuesday for eight months.

Joe O’Sullivan pleaded guilty to trespassing at the property and causing damage to make the unlawful entry.