Man held in jail until identity is determined

An African national has spent the past 10 days in Cork Prison because details of his identity remain a mystery, but his solicitor said yesterday the man could not be kept in prison because nobody knows who he is.

The accused man came to the attention of the authorities on September 4 when he allegedly stole a €10 pair of trousers at Penney’s.

Despite the low value of the property allegedly stolen, he has been in custody since that date on a second charge arising out of his arrest on the same date.