Chronic gambler stole to feed his habit

A CHRONIC gambler stole €15,000 from Goleen Developments Ltd, while working there, and carried out a robbery at a goldsmiths in Mallow, Co Cork, in desperation to get money. He was jailed yesterday for four years.

Judge Patrick J Moran imposed a five-year sentence with the last suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the cases against Graham Johnson, of 3 Ardan, Bandon, Co Cork.

Detective Garda Anthony Daly described how Johnson, aged 38, arrived at Hatton’s Goldsmiths on Main St, Mallow, on the morning of April 28.