Sentence adjourned in drug-addict jewel-thief case

A heroin addict who was found carrying €24,000 worth of stolen jewellery and €2,700 in cash in a sock has had his sentence adjourned by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

James McAuley (aged 25) of Fishermans Wharf, Ringsend, Dublin, pleaded guilty to stealing the jewellery and the cash from a house in Cremore Villas, Finglas, Dublin, on July 18, 2002.