Mass attendance sees shoplifting accused late for court

A man accused of shoplifting in Cork City centre was late for his court appearance yesterday because he was attending Mass.

A bench warrant was issued by Judge Marie Keane for the arrest of Damien Kavanagh, aged 29, of 1 Mount St, Joseph’s Heights, Gurranabraher, Cork, at Cork District Court after his failure to appear yesterday morning.

Inspector Finbarr O’Sullivan said that, on June 25, 2015, the accused entered Brown Thomas on St Patrick’s St and tried to remove security tags from clothing, causing €80 worth of damage.