A court has heard how a DCU student broke his leg after jumping from a computer lab window while trying to design a game to rival "Angry Birds".
Femi Adekele of the Maiston, Ballymun spent 12 hours lying in a bush just before Christmas in 2012 while his friend fetched a wheelbarrow for his escape.
Femi Adekele planned to make his fortune by designing a computer game called "Angry Pigs".
He hoped it would rival the popular "Angry Birds" game and decided to steal some equipment for his enterprise.
On December 22nd 2012, he broke into DCU's computer lab and was stuffing Apple computers into shopping bags when two security guards walked in.
To avoid getting caught he jumped from an upstairs window.
He broke his leg in the fall and his friend left him lying in a bush for 12 hours while he fetched a wheelbarrow.
The 25-year-old student was then caught being wheeled off campus and was arrested on burglary charges after his friend abandoned the rescue operation.
Today, his lawyer said his client's crimes ended in a "farcical conclusion" and noted that he hadn't tried to conceal his identity.
Taking his otherwise clean record into account, Judge Martin Nolan then handed the Nigerian native a two year sentence which he suspended in full.
