'I don't give a f*** about your charge': Man jailed for shoplifting in Cork just before Christmas

The court heard the man has 101 previous convictions, including 33 for theft

The charge was of stealing a Projek Raw jacket valued at €170 from TK Maxx on Cornmarket Street on December 22, 2025. File picture: Richard Mills.

“I don’t give a f*** about your charge,” a man with 101 previous convictions told a member of An Garda Síochána who served him with a new theft count.

30-year-old Mikalai Fitzmaurice of Graigue, Adare, County Limerick, appeared before Cork District Court.

Sergeant John Kelleher said the man was charged with carrying out a theft shortly before Christmas. 

The charge was of stealing a Projek Raw jacket valued at €170 from TK Maxx on Cornmarket Street on December 22, 2025.

Judge Mary Dorgan noted the evidence of the reply made by the young man when charged.

He pleaded guilty to the offence. Sgt Kelleher said the accused had 33 convictions for theft among his total number of previous offences.

The judge was told that the young man had been clean of drugs for some time but returned to Cork, met an old friend and ended up getting into difficulties.

Taking the previous convictions into consideration, Judge Dorgan imposed a four-month prison sentence on the defendant.