Disabled man robbed after woman offered to tie laces

A disabled man had his wallet robbed after a woman offered to help him tie his shoelaces, a court heard.

Belinda O’Sullivan, aged 24, pleaded guilty, at Limerick Circuit Court, to robbing the wheelchair user, on May 25, 2014.

Judge Tom O’Donnell said O’Sullivan, of McGarry House, Alphonsus Street, Limerick, had “an appalling record”, having amassed 102 convictions.