Woman spared jail for stealing French tourist's wallet in Cork

The court heard the defendant had been attending at an addiction counsellor and had been clean for the past 16 months

By the time the victim noticed her card had been stolen and got on to her bank to have it cancelled it had been used for 16 'tap and go' transactions totalling €156, Sgt Davis said at Cork District Court. File photo

A French tourist visiting Cork got talking to an Irish woman who stole the young visitor’s wallet containing her bank card.

Sergeant Gearóid Davis said the French woman did not realise this property had been stolen from her.