'I felt pinned down' - Couple jailed for pressuring Cork student into giving them money

Gheorghe Marginica, 29, and Michele Judele, 30, of no fixed address, have been sentenced to five months and three months in prison respectively.

A student who is of a nervous disposition was left visibly shaken in Cork city after a Romanian husband and wife pressurised him into making two withdrawals from his ATM.

Gheorghe Marginica, 29, and Michele Judele, 30, of no fixed address, have been sentenced to five months and three months in prison respectively. They denied theft but were convicted by Judge Olann Kelleher after a trial at Cork District Court.