Corkman who used his walking aid to steal from shop four times in a week is jailed

Martin Anderson stole €366 worth of cosmetics, vitamin tablets, turmeric oil and Argan oil from Holland & Barrett on St Patrick’s Street

Judge Kelleher accepted the defendant has a brain injury but he said he was using his walking aid to commit these repeat offences. File picture: iStock

The same shop in Cork city was struck four times in one week by a man who used his walking aid to carry out his shoplifting crimes.

40-year-old Martin Anderson of St. John’s Well, Fairhill, Cork, has been jailed for 10 months for his latest series of thefts. He stole from Holland & Barrett on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, four times in one week.