Man who stole woman's purse after she gave him a lift to the shop says 'I will change, I swear'

Dusan Kotlar, 27, had pleaded guilty to taking the woman’s handbag after she had given him and one of his young children a lift as they stood on the roadside, with Mr Kotlar telling the woman he was going to Lidl.  File picture: Des Barry

A man who a judge said “robbed the Good Samaritan” by stealing a handbag from a woman who gave him a lift to the supermarket has been given a suspended jail sentence after telling the court “I will change, I swear”.

Dusan Kotlar, 27, had pleaded guilty to taking the woman’s handbag after she had given him and one of his young children a lift as they stood on the roadside, with Mr Kotlar telling the woman he was going to Lidl.