Man who broke in to house and told pensioner he was a guard jailed for six years A man who posed as a garda after breaking in to the home of an 83 year old woman in Cork city during the first Covid 19 lockdown has been jailed for six years. Anthony Horgan (44) of no fixed abode was involved in the burglary of five houses in the Tower Street/High Street area of Cork city on the 17th of April 2020.
Horgan, who has 88 previous convictions, was charged with and pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary and one count of aggravated burglary.