Man jailed after he stole homeless man's tent

A number of incidents involving Connors took place near or in the Mahon Point shopping centre. Picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger

A homeless man living in a tent on a green area by Mahon Point shopping centre was befriended by a young man who then waited until the tent was unoccupied and stole it.

Vincent Connors, aged 23, and of 2 Meelagh Drive, Mahon, Cork, was jailed for a total of 16 months yesterday for this theft and other crimes, including one where he bit a security man at the same centre.