Pregnant girl guilty of 'distraction thefts'

A pregnant 17-year-old girl who was arrested last week as part of “Operation Hawkeye”, a Garda crackdown on so-called distraction thefts from people at ATMs, has been remanded in custody pending sentence.

Judge Patrick McMahon said at the Dublin Children’s Court that the girl, who stole about €1,200 in a spate of thefts, was “a danger to the citizens of this city”.