Duped hotel boss spared jail over theft

A hotel manager who was hoodwinked into giving inside information to a man who later stole over €27,000 from the hotel safe was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday.

Seamus Coone, aged 33, was manager of Commodore Hotel, Cobh, Co Cork, at the time and during a drinking session he passed on information to another man about where the keys to the hotel safe were kept.

Coone was back before Cork Circuit Criminal Court for sentencing yesterday.