Judge asks mother of six what age she had first child

A 31-year-old mother of six on a theft charge before Tralee District Court was asked to confirm what age she was when she had her first child.

Lisa Sherlock, of Chapel St, Tralee, Co Kerry, was before Judge James O’Connor in Tralee District Court, where she pleaded guilty to a theft charge involving two children’s jackets at Dunnes Stores, Horan Centre, Tralee, with a total value of €70 on December 5, 2015. She pleaded to this and to a second charge of deception to do with switching tags at Penneys, Tralee, on February 2, 2016, so that a €10 tag was replaced by a €6 tag, and an €8 tag replaced by a €4 tag.

Pleading for mitigation, her solicitor Patrick Mann said she was 31 and a mother of six children.