Children as young as 8 stealing clothes from charity banks

CHILDREN as young as eight are being used to steal clothes from charity clothing banks.

So far this year about 72 tonnes of clothing worth about €40,000 have been stolen from various charity clothes banks. Enable Ireland has also spent €40,000 repairing the damaged containers.

The children are put into the containers by adults to pass bags of clothes out to them. In most cases, the containers are wrenched open but some thieves are using very young children.