Aggravated Burglary in Finglas, Dublin 11 on the 26/10/19

Gardaí at Finglas are investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred on Saturday 26th October 2019 at approximately 8.20am.

A young man was at home asleep in his apartment, his girlfriend had just left for work. He heard a loud bang that woke him up, he got up and went to the door. He opened the door and was immediately pushed back in by a man armed with a knife.

The suspect demanded to know where the money and drugs were, the victim pleaded with him telling him that he had the wrong house. The suspect punched the victim a number of times to the face. The suspect took the victims phone, wallet & keys and brought him into the bedroom and ransacked it.

The suspect continued to threaten the victim before eventually fleeing on foot.

Appeal:

Gardaí are satisfied that this was a case of mistaken identity and that the suspect possibly had the wrong apartment.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone in the St. Margaret’s road area on that morning & who may have seen or heard anything suspicious, it was early and there would have been people travelling to work/school etc.
The victim’s mobile phone and keys were not recovered ( images tbc)
Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information about this incident to come forward.
 

Gardaí at Finglas Garda Station are investigating                         tel: (01) 666 7500