Beggar with 12 convictions to avoid jail if he leaves the country

Judge suspends seven-week prison term if accused returns to Romania

Cork District Court was told the accused was obstructing pedestrians by begging. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Romanian national who has been convicted of begging on the streets in Ireland 12 times has been given a suspended jail term on condition that he leaves the country.

Constantin Borcoi, of no fixed address in Cork, was given a total jail term of seven weeks which Judge Mary Dorgan suspended on condition that he would leave Ireland.