10 months in prison for ‘low and wicked crime’

A man who, along with an accomplice, tracked a 72-year-old woman home from Lidl after clocking her bank card pin, stole the card, and withdrew €700 from her bank account in what a judge later described as a “low and wicked crime” that involved “malevolent surveillance”.

Daniel Iulian Teutoc, who has no address in Ireland, pleaded guilty to the charge of the theft of the bank card from the pensioner’s car while his female accomplice distracted her by asking for directions. He also pleaded guilty to the theft of €700 by withdrawing money using the bank card.