Film student breaks into car after losing bank card on drunken binge in Cork

Leo Tihic was celebrating 26th birthday and had nowhere to stay after losing card

Things began to go wrong after the student got drunk and lost his bank card. File image

A Croatian film student in Galway lost his bank card on a drunken visit to Cork at the weekend — and to solve his accommodation problem he broke into a car.

Leo Tihic started the weekend by celebrating his 26th birthday, solicitor, Shane Collins-Daly, explained at Cork District Court today.