Team of pickpockets allegedly stole €1k from a man’s wallet in Cork supermarket

Man was shopping in a supermarket when the incident occurred

Mallow District Court heard how two men followed the victim around while he was shopping. They were then observed leaving the supermarket with his wallet, going to a car parked in the car park, and then returning to the supermarket. Picture Dan Linehan

A team of pickpockets allegedly stole €1,000 from a man’s wallet while he was shopping in a supermarket and then put the wallet back without him noticing, a court has heard.

One of the men involved, who does not live in Ireland, was arrested after he tried to return a hire car at Dublin Airport.