Burglar who terrified woman and her young daughter in their Cork home avoids jail

A woman living with her young daughter in Bandon was terrified when a stranger smashed his way into her home at 3am, and now the culprit has been given a four-year suspended sentence.

Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed that sentence on Hughie Maguire, who pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and criminal damage.

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