Man allowed to do community service instead of jail time for travelling in stolen car that crashed

Gary Pearse, 20, of 24 Mount St Joseph’s Heights, Bakers Road, Cork, pleaded guilty to the charge of allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car.

A young man who admitted travelling in a stolen car was today told by the sentencing judge what a serious offence it was, and all the more so because the car crashed.

Gary Pearse, 20, of 24 Mount St Joseph’s Heights, Bakers Road, Cork, pleaded guilty in Cork District Court today to the charge of allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car.