Cork man broke into car, tried to ram electric gates as he 'wanted spin home'

The car was a write-off, the court heard, and the damage caused amounted to €4,000

Judge James McNulty said he considered the matter to be 'at the high end of the scale' in relation to the taking of a vehicle. Picture: iStock

A man who wanted a lift home broke into a car and then tried to ram it through electric gates.

Lee Rowley, of 8 Dromleigh in Bantry, Co Cork pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal damage and another of unlawfully taking a vehicle when the case came before Skibbereen District Court.