Judge warns of damage to Cork businesses as shoplifter jailed

Aldi was one of several stores targeted during the series of thefts.

 A District Court judge said it would be impossible for shop owners to conduct business if the courts did not recognise the amount of shoplifting going on in Cork city.

Judge Olann Kelleher imposed a total jail term of eight months on 47-year-old Stephen McNarmara at Cork District Court in respect of nine counts of stealing alcohol from supermarkets around the city.