Judge warns of Cork car thefts in 'nice, quiet areas'

The juvenile pleaded guilty to the theft of a Helly Hansen jacket and a set of keys, which included the keys to a Mercedes car, and to an attempted theft involving a different vehicle outside another property, in Belgooly. File picture: Andreas Gebert/Bloomberg

A judge has warned everyone to lock their cars outside their homes, after dealing with a case in which keys stolen from one car were later found in a stolen car in Cork City.

A juvenile pleaded guilty to the theft of a Helly Hansen jacket and a set of keys, which included the keys to a Mercedes car, and to an attempted theft involving a different vehicle outside another property, in the early hours of the same day in the village of Belgooly, Co Cork.