Judge asks shoplifting sisters why they haven't learned English

Case against Romanian women adjourned to allow them gather money to compensate the shops

Rodica and Maria Rostas leaving Letterkenny District Court. (NW Newspix)

A judge has asked two Romanian sisters why they haven't learned how to speak English, having spent six years in Ireland.

Judge Alan Mitchell criticised Maria, aged 23, and Rodica, aged 25, Rostas who appeared before Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal on a number of shoplifting charges.