Cash stolen after child used householder’s toilet

Gardaí are warning householders about an unusual theft which they believe was perpetrated by a young girl.

Children are often usedto distract householders or shopkeepers while adults pilfer goods and cash, but this was not the case last Sunday in Mid-Cork.

A woman, who claimed to be the girl’s mother and appeared to be in her 30s, called to a house in the village of Crookstown at about 3.30pm.