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"Do not disturb": burglar found asleep in corridor of care home
Summary
In a case heard at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Stuart Perry, aged 42, was sentenced to a one‑year suspended term for burglary at Richmond Cheshire Home in Monkstown on 19 September 2014. Perry, who has 67 prior convictions, was found asleep in the care home's corridor beside a "do not disturb" sign and fled with a female accomplice after staff discovered them. They were apprehended outside with a bottle of detergent and the office keys. Garda David Maloney reported that the pair had been unfit for questioning initially but later made full admissions, admitting to having taken crystal meth and apologising for their actions. Judge Patricia Ryan, after hearing positive probation reports and evidence of Perry's rehabilitation efforts, imposed the suspended sentence and one year of probation supervision. The only items taken from the home were the office keys and the detergent bottle. Stuart Perry pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: "Do not disturb": burglar found asleep in corridor of care home. Charges or matters: burglary at Richmond Cheshire Home, Monkstown on September 19, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 19, 2014 Adjournment
- 2017-04-28 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: burglary at Richmond Cheshire Home, Monkstown on September 19, 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She imposed a one year sentence which she suspended in full and ordered one year probation supervision. At the time of the original sentence hearing last May Perry was on a course of methadone and working with an addiction rehabilitation service.; Judge Patricia Ryan had adjourned the case after hearing evidence last year to give Perry an opportunity to address his problems.
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