Suspended term for thief who had false ID papers

An Algerian man who got into Ireland using false identification papers was yesterday given a two-month suspended jail term for stealing mobile phones at a pub in Douglas, Cork.

Mohammed Baz, aged 29, admitted in the course of a bail application last week that he had come into the country using identification papers belonging to other people as it was the only way he could travel.

Yesterday, he appeared before Cork District Court for sentencing on the charges of stealing two mobile phones at O’Sullivan’s Bar, Douglas Village, Cork, on July 8.