Two homeless men lived like lords in a five star Dublin restaurant over the 2005 Christmas holidays – thanks to a pair of thieves.
The burglars broke into the Brasserie Sixty6 restaurant on Christmas Eve six years ago and left the door open for a return visit.
When they went back to raid the premises again they found the two homeless men inside and the four decided to sit down to Christmas dinner together.
Their festive feast and frolics were captured on CCTV and the failure of the restaurant’s alarm system resulted in a court case at Dublin’s Circuit Civil Court as the owners sued their security firm.
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During the case, the judge heard that the thieves originally made off with a quantity of drinks and foodbut left the door open so they could return.
By the time they got back to the George’s Street premises, the two homeless men had found the rear door to the restaurant ajar and were already inside.
The Irish Independent reports that the two homeless men settled into the restaurant’s ‘funky and stylish surroundings’ and spent the day sampling fine wines from the restaurant’s ‘expertly chosen wine list’.
They also tucked into food from a menu which includes ‘poultry reared on natural foods, bread from artisan bakers and carefully sourced meat and fish from local fishmongers and butchers’.
The two burglars then returned on Christmas Day to join the pair in a five star feast before leaving with a quantity of wines, spirits and food, paintings, electronic equipment and €8,000 scooped out of the restaurant’s drop-safe.
The incident also cost the restaurant €11,000 in physical damage as well as damage to food that spoiled when they left the refrigerator doors open.
It came to light when the owners sued the security company who supplied the alarm system responsible for guarding the building.
The case was settled out of court when the Judge heard that three of the four diners had been prosecuted while the fourth had died before their case was run.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.BARNEYKX | Jan 19, 2012, 05:25 PM EST
well done good luck to them
GeorgeDillon | Jan 19, 2012, 03:58 PM EST
Quick--Go get a Pakistani psychiatrist, curpeter is foaming at the mouth again!
sirpeter | Jan 18, 2012, 10:39 PM EST
Why are you telling us this story for?Have you not heard how the Irish people are paying Billions for German failed gambling debts!!!Fu*k off with your petty theft story.The Irish people are waking up and smelling the roses.The American government are a bunch of liars too.Getting loyal but brainless good American people to go and get themselves killed in a far off country.They don't know anything about because of the lies they are told.We will all die because the Americans believe what they are told.Never have I been so fond of another nation and feared their stupidity so much.Ye young pup pitbull nation.Ye will fu*k up and we will all die.