Man jailed after tourist's bag robbed outside Cork bar

A Japanese tourist visiting Cork sitting alone at a table outside a city centre pub had her handbag snatched by a local man and it was never recovered.

Sergeant John Kelleher said yesterday that the young woman was sitting outside the Linen Weavers premises on Rory Gallagher Place on Paul Street, Cork, when the culprit approached from behind her, took her handbag and ran away with it.