Man caught cycling with phone box under his jacket

A man who was caught cycling the wrong way down a city centre street with a stolen phone box under his jacket has been jailed for three years.

Austin Byrne, aged 38, was arrested after a garda spotted him trying to steer the bike while holding onto the phone box on Lombard St, Dublin.

It later emerged the phone box had not been in use for several years and most of the coins in it were punts. Byrne had kicked it off the wall of an office building after gaining access through a door which had been left ajar.