Man bought goods in Cork Lidl store with lost bank card, court hears

Tomas Zielinski, aged 58, found the bank card and used it to buy goods in Lidl to the value of €33.83

Accused was charged with one count of handling stolen property and one count of theft relating to an incident in 2021. Picture: Denis Minihane

A Polish man who found a lost bank debit card used it to buy goods in a local supermarket without the owner’s consent, the district court has heard.

Sergeant Eimear O’Connell told Skibbereen District Court that Tomas Zielinski, aged 58, of Cork Simon, Mill House, Anderson’s Quay, Cork, was charged with one count of handling stolen property and one count of theft relating to an incident in 2021.

The court was told the injured party had lost her TSB bank card in Skibbereen, which had subsequently been found by Zielinski, who was residing in the area at the time. 

The court heard on October 20, 2021, Zielinski went into the Lidl supermarket in Skibbereen and used the injured party's bank card to purchase goods to the value of €33.83.

Defence solicitor Margaret Collins said her client had brought €100 in compensation to court for the injured party, and had admitted the offences.

Judge Joanne Carroll said it was a positive step that the injured party had been compensated and she adjourned the case to October 28 for the preparation of a probation report.

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