PITCH 'n' putt playing bandits, Robert Boyd and Edward Ryan, are unlikely to be spending any time on a course for the foreseeable future, after a recent round ended with the pair breaking into a pharmacy.
The golfing duo were arrested outside Moloney's Pharmacy in Kinsale, Cork, Ireland, shortly after 7pm on 11 Jul, following a boozy afternoon at a local pitch 'n' putt course.
Appearing before Bandon District Court last week, defence solicitor, Tony Greenway, said the decision to break into the pharmacy had been "a totally off-the-spur decision" fuelled by alcohol.
Highlighting the ineptitude of the daylight raid, Greenway noted "they got no further than the footpath as they were incapable of going anywhere".
Greenway noted that Ryan played a minor part in the raid, saying, "he didn't even know what was going on and has never been involved in any incident like this before."
"He was totally intoxicated and was unaware of the gravity of what was going on," Greenway said.
"He was physically ill at Bandon Garda Station and both men couldn't be interviewed until the day after."
However, Judge James McNulty, said the failed smash 'n' grab break-in could not be seen as a drunken misdemeanour sentencing Boyd to nine months jail time, while Ryan is facing 200 hours of community service.
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