Cork woman with 156 theft convictions smashed bottle of whiskey in supermarket

Accused jailed on charges of shoplifting and causing criminal damage

Judge activated a three-month suspended sentence that had been hanging over the accused, Margaret Deasy of Cork Simon Community. He also imposed an overall sentence of nine months to run concurrently on the charges of shoplifting and causing criminal damage.

A 34-year-old Cork woman has clocked up 156 theft convictions and now she has been jailed for nine months for more shoplifting and for smashing a bottle of whiskey in a supermarket where she was barred.

Judge Olann Kelleher activated a three-month suspended sentence that had been hanging over the accused, Margaret Deasy of Cork Simon Community. He also imposed an overall sentence of nine months to run concurrently on the charges of shoplifting and causing criminal damage.