No jail for embezzling €15k from Starbucks

A trainee manager at Starbucks pleaded guilty to embezzling €15,000 in the course of his work at the outlet at Douglas, Cork, in 2015.

Glen Murphy, aged 23, of 181 Deerpark, Cork, has since paid back all the money he stole from Starbucks, said his solicitor Diarmuid Kelleher at Cork District Court yesterday.

Judge Olann Kelleher said: “Embezzlement — stealing from your employer — is a very serious crime. It is slightly unusual in this case that he has no previous convictions and he has paid back all of the money taken. In those circumstances, he will avoid a custodial sentence.”