Man jailed for making racist slurs against security guard amid shoplifting spree in Cork City

The shoplifting consisted of numerous incidents where he walked into supermarkets and smaller stores in Cork city centre, selected two bottles of vodka and walked out without paying

On Wednesday at Cork District Court Judge Miriam Walsh sentenced the defendant to a total of four months in prison for this public order incident and a litany of shoplifting offences. File picture

Racist slurs were made against a security man in Cork city centre by a man who carried out multiple thefts of vodka from various stores.

Garda Cian Foley was on duty on St Patrick’s St in Cork City on February 24, when he encountered Paul McCarthy, aged 48, of Cork Simon Community.