Gardaí are investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred on Saturday 18th August 2018 at a Parochial House on the Laois/Kilkenny border.
The incident happened off the M9 motorway in Coon near Leighlinbridge and featured on Crimecall on RTE.
Earlier on the morning of August 18, the local parish priest said Mass and greeted the local congregation.
He went into Castlecomer that afternoon to run a few errands returning home at around 3pm. He had a visitor who called to see him to discuss parish business just after 3pm.
The priest had settled in for the afternoon and was busy writing a sermon, suddenly a woman entered his house demanding money. She picked up the Priest’s mobile phone from the kitchen table and took a knife from a drawer, continuing to demand money.
The Priest handed her a sum of cash which the woman grabbed from him, she then reached into his pocket and removed another sum of cash before pushing the Priest to the ground. The woman fled from the Parochial House on foot.
Appeal:
Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information in relation to this incident to come forward.
The suspect was described as being tall, approximately five foot ten inches in height of stocky build with dark shoulder length hair. She was wearing a red top.
A woman was seen close to the Parochial house at around 3pm sitting in a light coloured car with two children in the rear passenger seat. This woman has not been identified and Gardaí are appealing to the public to come forward in an attempt to identify her.
Gardaí at Kilkenny Garda Station are investigating tel: (056) 777 5000
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