Addict gets four years for toy shop burglary

Pinocchio’s toy shop in Paul St, Cork City, suffered a damaging blow days before Christmas when it was burgled, with €1,200 taken and the bank card machine smashed.

Mark Hurley, aged 21, of 3 Dumanus Crescent, Knocknaheeny, was jailed for four years for the crime.

The burglary was carried out in the early hours of December 22, 2014. The store owner was left without the bank card facility so could only accept cash payments from customers on the three days before Christmas.