Limerick burglar who fled to UK jailed

A YOUNG man who was extradited from the UK earlier this year has beeen jailed for three years for his role in a burglary during which property worth more than €60,000 was stolen.

Bernard Casey, aged 29, who has an address at Templegreen, Newcastle West fled to the UK in the days after he first appeared in court on February 27, 2015.

He was arrested by police in Birmingham last May on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. He was formally deported in early June. 

Casey was one of three men who were prosecuted in relation to the break-in at 5 Crossroads, Croagh  on June 25, 2012. 

Garda Denis Waters told previously told Limerick Circuit Court the alarm was raised at around 8.50pm while the occupants were away in Dublin.

It was later established that two Rolex watches were among the items taken.

Various other items of jewellery were stolen along with two designer handbags – a Louis Vuitton and a Coco Chanel.

During a sentencing hearing, Garda McCarthy said the Casey and another man entered the property after they broke a glass panel in a back door. A third man remained outside in the getaway car.

Casey, who also admitted damaging a door at another house near Ballingarry on the same day was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with the final two years suspended.