Man stole €2,500 of metal

A JUDGE has told a district court he should be entitled to hang a €100 note from his front gate and come back in a month and still find it there.

Judge Michael Pattell made his comments at Midleton District Court where a man was convicted of stealing €2,500 worth of metal from an ESB station compound in Co Cork.

Michael Keenan, 28, of Inchera Lawn, Mahon, Co Cork was sentenced to four months in prison. He pleaded guilty to the theft.