Man to be sentenced for 'deception at its best' of Woodies stores in Cork

The man would buy something, load it into his car before going back and grabbing another from the shelf to "return" it.

In one of the crimes committed on April 5 at Woodies on Kinsale Road, a €300 pressure washer was taken. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

A 44-year-old man carried out a scam at Woodies stores in Cork buying something like a power washer and loading it into his car only to return and grab another from the shelf to "return" it.

Sergeant Pat Lyons described the modus operandi for the thefts by deception committed by Christian Sounga of Glenfields Avenue, Ballyvolane, Cork.