Man caught begging eight times in Cork city fined €500

Man told he faces jail if brought before the courts again

The man given a suspended sentence of nine weeks.

A man who was caught begging eight times in Cork city was fined €500 and given a total suspended sentence of nine weeks.

Robert Burduja, aged 54, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the eight incidents of impeding the passage of pedestrians by begging.