Burglar's sentence remains suspended

An application by the State to reactivate the sentence of a burglar who stole from nurses in a children’s hospital has been rejected by Judge Katherine Delahunt after the man stayed committed to his drug treatment programme.

Albert Redmond (aged 31) of Donore Terrace, South Brown Street, Pimlico, who had 193 previous convictions, walked around Crumlin Children’s Hospital carrying two teddy bears looking for "easy pickings". He later "donated" the teddy bears to the hospital when he met a security man on his way out.