Gardaí issue warning amidst attempted house burglary in Limerick

A BURGLARY which saw perpetrators flee a house in Limerick once disrupted has sparked a warning from gardaí.

Just before midnight on Friday, September 13, a woman in her fifties and her son, in his twenties, were upstairs in their home in Castletroy. 

“They heard a noise downstairs, the mother opened her bedroom door and then she heard what she believed to be two people running from her house and through the backyard,” said Sergeant Ber Leetch, crime prevention officer at Henry St garda station.

“She did not see anybody but when she went downstairs, she could see there was damage to the rear living room window and the living room door that had been locked, was now open.”

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Gardaí believe that the suspects thought the house was empty and upon hearing movement upstairs, they fled the house. 

“Signs that somebody is in a house is a great crime prevention tool,” Sgt Leetch advised.

“Leave lights on around the house and have a TV simulator on a timer in another room, even when you are in the house as it gives the impression that the house is packed with people.”