Burglar who terrified woman and her young daughter in their Cork home avoids jail

Defendant smashed in a downstairs window and the woman saw him putting his hand through the broken window to open the latch on the door, shouting at her ‘Open the door', court heard

Defendant has 100 previous convictions, court heard. Picture: Larry Cummins

A woman living with her young daughter in Bandon was terrified when a stranger smashed his way into her home at 3am, and now the culprit has been given a four-year suspended sentence.

Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed that sentence on Hughie Maguire, who pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and criminal damage.