Cork man convicted of shoplifting tells judge he is 'in bits' after being denied medication in prison

Accused said by video link from Cork Prison: 'They are saying up here that the judge has no say in the matter at all. The doctor says the judge has no say in the matters — that is what you are dealing with up here'

Accused pleaded guilty to stealing a €350 jacket from Brown Thomas, Cork, on January 24.

A 45-year-old man with 244 previous convictions — including 87 for theft — who asked a judge not to be “Mickey-Mousing me around on remand” was given a suspended one-month sentence for his four latest thefts.

Roy Twohig, of Kinlay House, Shandon, Cork, was remanded in custody for one day until January 29 so he could be brought to court to sign in relation to the suspended sentence.