Mobile phone found in prisoner’s underpants

A planned search of a cell by officers at Cork Prison resulted in a mobile phone being found in a prisoner’s underpants.

Garda Kevin O’Donnell said gardaí had been alerted by staff at Cork Prison that the phone had been found on the prisoner.

John Murray, aged 33, with a previous address at Hollywood Estate, Blarney Rd, Cork, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of a mobile phone at Cork Prison on July 17, without permission of the prison governor.