Man who vandalised house he was renting handed a two year suspended sentence
67 year old Denis O'Connor of Hillside, Cappagh, Kinsale avoided jail after he paid the landlords compensation.
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that pensioner Denis O'Connor, who has spent the last two months in custody pending today's sitting, had caused "devastation" to Audrey O'Mahony and her family.
O'Connor pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to the cottage in Ballinspittle by removing roof rafters and damaging floors and other fittings on dates between December 5th 2015 and July 23rd 2018.
He also pleaded guilty to the theft of a fitted kitchen which he removed from the cottage and replaced with his own kitchen.