Man shoplifted and broke into a house in Louth on the same night
A man shoplifted from a convenience store and a supermarket and entered a residential property on the same night
A man who shoplifted from a convenience store and a supermarket and entered a residential property on the same night, was sentenced to two months at Dundalk district court last week.
Karl Hoey (33) of No Fixed Abode, Dublin 3 pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary at an address on Dublin Street, Dundalk on October third 2024.
He also admitted stealing €15.10 worth of drink and an apple tart from Londis, Castletown Road Dundalk and the theft of Gilette razors, an air freshener and meat valued at €80 from Tesco Extra on the same date.
The court heard he was jailed in March for three years for a robbery committed in September 2024.
The Defence barrister said his client is from a good family and had become addicted to heroin after losing his son to cot death.
Judge Andrews imposed the two month sentence for the burglary offence.