Man who stole stash of wine was selling it on roadside

Gardaí were alerted to the bizarre scene of a man who stole a large stash of wine from a restaurant frantically trying to sell it on the side of the road in the early hours of the morning.

Joseph O’Sullivan, aged 30, was jailed for six months yesterday for the burglary at El Vino restaurant in Douglas Village on November 16, 2016.

Detective Garda Denis Callanan said gardaí responded to a call about a man behaving in an unusual manner at Hazelwood Grove in Glanmire in the early hours of the morning.