Man stole woman’s bag as he helped to fix puncture

A woman who got a puncture in her car in Cork City was doubly unfortunate as one of the men she asked to come to her assistance stole her handbag.

Patrick McAuliffe, formerly of 127 Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, and more recently living in hostels, was jailed yesterday for a total of 12 months for this and other thefts in the city.

Judge John King also imposed a six-month jail term to be suspended for a period of two years on the accused man’s release from the one-year jail term.