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Irish Examiner
6 days ago
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Cork teenager tried to burgle neighbour's house but fell asleep on bed, court heard
A 19-year-old who tried to burgle a neighbour's house to steal a television and PlayStation from a bedroom lay down on the bed during the crime and fell asleep. When he was disturbed by people arriving at the house, he fled and was later found hiding in the attic of his own home. These were the allegations made during an objection to bail being granted to Michael Harrington, of Ravensdale Road, Mahon, Cork. Detective Sergeant Niall Hayes objected to bail saying: 'It is alleged that on May 31, 2025, Michael Harrington entered a house at Ravensdale Road without permission of the home owner. 'He proceeded to ransack a bedroom in the house and place a PlayStation and PlayStation games and a television in a bag by the bedroom door. 'He then fell asleep on the bed and was found there by neighbours who are related to the owner. 'He admitted attempting to steal, before falling asleep in the bed. 'At the time of his arrest, he was found hiding in the attic of his home. 'He is addicted to prescribed tablets and has a substantial drug debt from cocaine and cannabis use. 'It is the Garda belief that if given bail, Michael (Mikey) Harrington will continue to commit serious offences to pay for his drug addiction.' Defence solicitor Eddie Burke called the teenager to give evidence. Judge Mary Dorgan reminded him he had received a lot of support from probation and related services. 'I am really sorry to see you here today,' Judge Dorgan said. 'I am too,"Michael Harrington replied. "Jail is not the place for me. My head is gone. My head is actually gone. I want to be well, I want to get clean. Life is tough, man, for me. It's hard. I want to be well.' Sergeant Aisling Murphy asked him: 'Have you not been given chance after chance? You keep breaking the bail conditions.' The teenager agreed with that. Eddie Burke, solicitor, said the young man really wanted to rehabilitate. Judge Dorgan said for now the safest place for him to be was in prison and to get help on his release. He was remanded in custody for a week.
Irish Examiner
24-04-2025
- Irish Examiner
Cork man to await CCTV footage before deciding plea for alleged assault of man in his 60s
CCTV footage of an alleged attack on a vulnerable 66-year-old man in Cork City in the middle of the day is to be sent to a Cork man's defence solicitor so that consideration can be given to the possibility of entering a signed plea of guilty to the charge of assault causing harm. Jonathan Mason of Farranferris Park, Farranree, Cork, is charged with carrying out the assault causing harm on a 66-year-old man at Great William O'Brien Street, Cork, at noon on Thursday, January 16. Sergeant John Kelleher said the Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial by indictment or the entry of a signed plea of guilty at the district court for sentencing at the circuit. Mr Mason, aged 40, appeared at Cork District Court by video link from prison on this assault charge. Eddie Burke, solicitor, applied for a copy of the prosecution statements and CCTV of the incident so that the possibility of a guilty plea could be considered. Detective Garda Brian Holland said previously: 'Jonathan Mason knows the injured party and knows the address where he resides – a vulnerable 66-year-old man. This was a senseless and violent act on a vulnerable, elderly man that was planned and carried out in the middle of the afternoon. "He stalked his victim and followed him and seriously assaulted him.' Solicitor Eddie Burke said at the first court appearance earlier this year that the defendant insisted that he had nothing to do with the crime. Denying that he had anything to do with the crime, Jonathan Mason said: 'I am not a violent person. I stays in my nanny's or in my partner's in Charleville. I am clean of drugs. I'm on Suboxone. "I pass that way (where the crime was committed) every day to collect my tablet next door to Watercourse Road garda station. My dad is the same age (as the injured party). I wouldn't like that to happen to my dad.' Judge Treasa Kelly remanded the accused in custody until May 7.
