Cork man previously jailed on drugs charges convicted of shoplifting €600 worth of groceries

The defendant was convicted of having €23,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply in the Tower area of Co Cork in 2012

On November 17 this year, defendant got a four-month sentence at the district court for stealing just over €600 worth of groceries. He was caught on the way out of the store at Wilton Shopping Centre and the property was recovered. Picture: Denis Minihane

Stealing groceries from a supermarket could have resulted in the culprit having to serve five years in jail.

Colum Buckley, 41, with an address at Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork, was previously sentenced to 10 years in jail for having €23,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply on October 17, 2012.