No jail for homeless man who threatened Cork travel agent staff and stole tourist's bag

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed an 18-month suspended sentence on Andrew Foley at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture: iStock

A homeless man walked into a travel agents moments after it had opened and told the woman behind the counter: “I have a knife here, I don’t want to use it.” 

Andrew Foley, 44, of Cork Simon Community pleaded guilty to carrying out the attempted robbery.