Cork man jailed for theft after stealing man's wallet during Mass

Judge Olann Kelleher said: “This poor man was attending mass and he took the card and used it.”

A man has been jailed for eight months for stealing the wallet of a man as he attended mass at St Augustine’s Church in Cork city.

Trevor O’Donoghue, 48, with an address at a flat at 15 Willow Court, Cross Douglas Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft whereby the card was used in two different shops within a short time of being stolen. Just over €100 was spent between the two ‘tap’ transactions.