Kevin Coade sentenced for burglary at Cork home

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Kevin Coade was sentenced to seven years in prison, with the final two years suspended, after a jury found him guilty of burglary. Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed the sentence.

Coade pleaded not guilty to entering a house at Annmount, Friars Walk, Cork, as a trespasser to commit theft. The charge concerned a burglary on 25 July 2018. The proceedings were reported on 25 February 2019.

The report said the house, belonging to Coade’s 81-year-old neighbour, was completely ransacked and property was stolen. The woman said she had returned from a brief walk with a neighbour at 9.20pm that evening to see two burglars running out of her home.

Lord Mayor of Cork Mick Finn testified that he had spoken to Coade on the street that evening and had known him for four or five years as someone living in the neighbourhood. He later identified Coade in CCTV footage shown to him by gardaí. Defence barrister Donal O’Sullivan questioned him about the possibility of mistaken identification. Finn said he was certain it was Coade.

O’Sullivan said Coade had a heroin addiction at the time. Co-accused Martin Twomey pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years, with half suspended.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.