Man remanded in custody

A MAN accused of impersonating a member of the gardaí and stealing €28,000 lifesavings from a pensioner in Cork city was further remanded in custody yesterday.

Kenneth Lyons, aged 28, of 25 Willison Meadows, Tower, Blarney, Co Cork, is charged with stealing the cash from the 70-year-old man at his home in the area of Wolfe Tone Street, Cork, on June 26.

He also faces a charge that he made a statement calculated to suggest falsely that he was a member of the gardaí.