Cork man carried out shoplifting spree around city supermarkets to pay for his crack cocaine addiction

Accused, who has 100 previous convictions, 55 of them for theft, was jailed for 11 months

It is alleged accused stole €247 worth of items from Tesco on Paul Street and €238 worth of bottles of alcohol from Tesco in Mahon Point.

A 45-year-old man with a catalogue of shoplifting convictions carried out “to pay for his heroin and crack cocaine addiction” was jailed on Thursday for 11 months for his latest spree of stealing from shops in Cork City.

Edward Daly, of 8 Inchera Lawn, Mahon, Cork, has 100 previous convictions, 55 of them for theft, Sergeant Aisling Murphy told Cork District Court.