Man accused of stealing €28k from pensioner gets bail

A MAN accused of impersonating a garda and stealing €28,000 from a pensioner in Cork city is out on bail on condition that he refrains from calling to the homes of the elderly in the city looking for work.

Kenneth Lyons, aged 28, of 25 Willison Meadows, Tower, Blarney, Co Cork, was back before Cork District Court yesterday on two charges.

He is accused of stealing €28,000 in cash from a 70-year-old man at his home in the area of Wolfe Tone Street, Cork, on Sunday, June 26. It was previously stated the money consisted of life savings that the owner had withdrawn from the bank.