Cork judge refuses to decide on jurisdiction until man with 27 different names reveals his identity

The 29-year-old man faces a number of burglary charges at Cork District Court

Sergeant John Kelleher said at an earlier sitting of Cork District Court that the 29-year-old man’s identity was checked through a fingerprint taken from him and it matched for six names in France and 21 identities in England. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 29-year-old man who allegedly made off from Monkstown in Cork on a stolen electric bicycle with bottles of champagne and prosecco — and whose fingerprint cross-checked for 27 different names across the UK and Europe — was remanded in custody for a fortnight.

Sergeant Gearóid Davis said the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that it was a suitable case to be dealt with at Cork District Court level. However, Judge Mary Dorgan said on Tuesday that she was not deciding on jurisdiction until the accused man revealed his true identity.