'Experienced' burglar who targeted widow's home - while serving suspended sentence for another burglary - spared extra jail time

Martin O'Brien (31), from Coolevin, Ballybrack, Co Dublin arrives at the Court of Appeal in Dublin today where he was spared extra jail time despite an appeal by prosecutors (Photo: Collins Courts).

Ruaidhrí Giblin

An 'experienced burglar' who broke into the home of a High Court judge's widow, while serving a suspended sentence for another burglary, has been spared extra jail time despite an appeal by prosecutors.

Martin O'Brien (31), from Coolevin, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at the home of Mrs Marian Shanley, widow of the late High Court judge Mr Justice Peter Shanley, at Marlborough Road, Glenageary on August 31, 2016.