2022-03-09
Serial burglar who ransacked cocooning pensioner's home has jail term increased
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Anthony Horgan (46), of no fixed abode, was jailed for six years by Judge Sean O'Donnabhain at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in April 2021 after he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated burglary and five counts of burglary. Quashing Horgan's original term, Mr Justice Edwards re-sentenced the respondent to eight years' imprisonment, with one year suspended.