Man left Cork shop without paying for vodka after cashier refused to take bloodstained bank note

Solicitor Joseph Cuddigan told the court that the accused was anxious to return to employment.

A bloodstained bank note was handed across a counter to pay for vodka and cigarettes and when the cash was refused because of its condition a man walked out of the store with the property anyway.

Sergeant Gearóid Davis said the incident occurred at Herlihy’s Centra on Grand Parade in Cork city where the 28-year-old picked up a bottle of vodka and cigarettes and handed over the bloodstained bank note which was refused by the cashier. The culprit walked out with the goods in any event on September 8.