Man receives six-month sentence in Kildare court

A presiding Naas District Court Judge handed down a six-month custodial sentence to a man who attempted to burgle a house.

Judge Michéle Finan imposed the sentence on Edward McCabe, with an address listed as Clonbun, Trim, County Meath, on Thursday, December 8.

It was heard that on October 18, last at around 6pm, the 40-year-old trespassed into a property in Naas, with the intention of stealing goods inside it.

Mr McCabe, who appeared via video-link as he is currently serving a sentence for other matters, pleaded guilty to the offence.

It was heard that when he was spotted by an occupant in the house, Mr McCabe fled the scene.

Gardaí also said that during the course of his escape, he ended up trespassing onto two further properties before shortly after being arrested.

Judge Finan was told that Mr McCabe had 126 previous convictions, 35 of which were for burglary.

Defending barrister Aisling Murphy claimed that her client had been struggling with a heroin addiction at the time.

Judge Finan decided to impose the six-month sentence on Mr McCabe, but backdated it to when he went into custody on October 18.

When the man told Judge Finan that he had been trying to access treatment services in the prison he is in, the judge urged the prison to provide him with medical attention as soon as possible.