Man jailed for stealing 'hot pants and things like that' from back of truck

A man has been jailed for 14 months for stealing almost €2,000 worth of “hot pants and things like that” from the back of a delivery truck.

Noel Dempsey (61) of Stanaway Road, Crumlin, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing four boxes of women’s clothes from a lorry on Wicklow Street, Dublin on August 13 2013.