Pleaded guilty to criminal damage

A 29-YEAR-OLD man who smashed a window at his mother’s house was allowed the benefit of the Probation Act when he appeared at the District Court in Wexford.

Robert Moore from Rochestown, Duncormick, pleaded guilty to criminal damage to the property of Mary Moore at Rochestown on May 1.

He told investigating Garda John O’Flynn that he broke the rear kitchen door window as he was in a rage. As he had no previous convictions, Judge Brian O’Shea decided to leave him without a conviction on his record.

The court was assured that full compensation had been paid to cover the cost of repairs before the benefit of the Probation Act was extended to the defendant.