Young mum left Tesco with €430 worth of unpaid items

Attempting to walk out of a supermarket late at night with bags full of €432 worth of unpaid items was so blatant it was almost asking to be caught.

That was the scenario painted by the solicitor of a young mother charged with theft at Tesco on August 11 this year at Cork District Court yesterday.

Insp Mary King told the court Nora McDonagh, aged 22, of Brocklesby Street, Blackpool, collected €432 worth of groceries at Tesco in Mahon Point yet walked past all the tills to exit the premises without paying. She was soon apprehended and admitted the theft under caution from gardaí. Insp King said she had five previous convictions.