Man snatched phone from bedside locker of hospital patient while she slept

Man stole a phone from a patient at Cork University Hospital, Cork.

A mean-spirited crime saw a man snatch a mobile phone from the bedside locker of a hospital patient while she slept and now the culprit has been jailed for six months.

Noting that the accused, Roy O’Callaghan, had 256 previous convictions including 68 for theft, Judge Olann Kelleher said, “I am sure this case is up there with the worst of them. It was so mean-spirited.