PRISON AND DEPORTATION FOR HOUSE BURGLARIES IN THE COUNTY

Date Published: 08-May-2008

A Moldavian burglar who targeted eight houses in the Ardrahan and Craughwell areas has been jailed for three years The last two years were suspended on condition he hand himself over to the authorities to be extradited on his release from prison.22 year old Petriu Rusu, with a rental address at 10 Beech Avenue, Murrough, Renmore, appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court this week.He gained entry to all of the houses - while they were occupied - in the dead of night by “snapping” locks on patio doors. Defence barrister Conal McCarthy said his client had come from a difficult economic situation and that he had never seen his son who was born nearly four years ago to his wife, who still lived in Moldavia.Judge Raymond Groarke said the fact that all of the houses burgled were occupied at the time was a worrying aspect of the evidence. The judge backdated the three year sentence to November 29 last and suspended the final two years on condition that within 48 hours of his release from prison, the accused present himself to the Garda National Immigration Bureau, to be deported immediately