Man with 'horrific track record' of thefts jailed for stealing wine from Cork's Imperial Hotel

The judge said the man's convictions 'must be up there with the worst theft record in Cork city'

The court heard William O’Driscoll entered the Imperial Hotel and went through closed doors into the bar and stole the four bottles of wine. File picture: Irish Examiner

A 41-year-old man carried out a burglary at the Imperial Hotel in Cork by going behind a bar which was off-limits to the public and stealing four bottles of wine valued €173.

Now at Cork District Court, William O’Driscoll of no fixed address has been jailed for 10 months for this and other thefts around Cork city. Sergeant Ciarán Kelleher said the burglary at the hotel on South Mall, Cork, occurred on September 11.