Cork teenager charged after falling asleep mid-burglary in neighbour’s home

Accused allagedly attempted to steal a Playstation and television from a home in Mahon

Judge Mary Dorgan said that for now the safest place for the teenager is to be in prison and to get help on his release.

A teenager who is accused of trying to burgle a neighbour’s house in Mahon to steal a television and Playstation from a bedroom and then lying down and falling asleep asked the judge by video link from prison: “Could you not make it peremptory?” 

Judge Mary Dorgan said to 19-year-old Michael Harrington of Ravensdale Rd, Mahon, Cork: “Good try, but no”.