Man pleads guilty to stealing yacht equipment

Expensive equipment was stolen from yachts locked up at a boatyard in Crosshaven and yesterday the culprit pleaded guilty to the crimes.

The offences were committed more than four years ago but, in the meantime, the culprit was in prison in England serving time for a drug-related crime.

Inspector Bill Duane said Patrick O’Sullivan of 10 Carthage Place, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, had spent two and a half years in prison in England and was only now coming before Cork District Court on charges stemming from April and May 2010.