Cork man jailed after shoplifting spree

 A judge dealing with a total of 20 charges against a young man acknowledged that many of the charges were of shoplifting and minor offences but said it was a case of 'death by a thousand cuts.'

 A judge dealing with a total of 20 charges against a young man acknowledged that many of the charges were of shoplifting and minor offences but said it was a case of “death by a thousand cuts.” Judge John King imposed a total of 15 months imprisonment on the accused — 21-year-old Kalem Murphy of Cork Simon Community.

The judge also imposed a six-month suspended sentence on him. That sentence will hang over him on his release from the 15-month period in prison.