Garda impersonator stole €28,000 from Cork pensioner

A man who impersonated a garda to steal €28,000 from a pensioner fled to England two days before his trial but was arrested on a European warrant and brought to court.

Kenneth Lyons of Willison Meadows, Tower, Blarney, Co Cork, yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

He admitted stealing €28,000 in cash from the victim, who was 70 at the time, at his home in the area of Wolfe Tone St, Cork, on Jun 26 2011.