Gambler posing as TV employee  jailed for conning Apple's Cork office out of three iPhones

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Pat Sheedy of 30 Cliona Park, Moyross, Co Limerick, was brought before Cork District Court on charges of stealing three phones.

A gambling addict posed as a TV network employee to con Apple into loaning him three iPhones on the pretext of demonstrating their uses on a TV programme.

Detective Garda Mick Dolan arrested and charged 53-year-old Pat Sheedy of 30 Cliona Park, Moyross, Co Limerick, and brought him before Cork District Court on charges of stealing three phones.