Man hired haulage firm to unknowingly steal Masterkabin from derelict Cork house

At one point in the proceedings, Judge Helen Boyle said the defendant had told 'a pack of lies'

Judge Helen Boyle said she would imposed a three-year suspended sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture: Larry Cummins

A reputable haulage firm was hired to move a €5,000 Masterkabin from Mallow to a 60-year-old man’s property in Tipperary, but the company had no idea that the man was actually using them to steal the portable building.

Detective Garda Aidan Long investigated the case against Michael Shannon with an address at Ahane, Newport, County Tipperary.