Man who stole from company he worked for remanded on bail

A Kildare man who, in "a moment of weakness", stole €9,500 from the company he worked for in order to pay off a gambling debt has been remanded on bail pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Will Pidgeon (aged 40) of The Crescent, College Farm, Newbridge, a former member of the Irish Air Force, pleaded guilty to stealing the cash at GSLS, a logistics company, based at Muirfield Drive, Naas Road on February 28, 2008. He had no previous convictions.