A Letterkenny girl charged with a spate of thefts has been warned to point out respect for the court docket.
Tina Connors appeared earlier than Letterkenny District Courtroom on Monday after 4 bench warrants had been executed for non-appearance at courts in Donegal and Limerick previously.
Connors was introduced earlier than the court docket on highway site visitors expenses and was ordered to remain out of some shops after pleading responsible to a spate of thefts.
The 25-year-old of Canal Street, Letterkenny, was arrested on Monday at her house tackle. Proof of her arrest, cost and warning was given to the court docket by gardai.
After she was conveyed to Letterkenny Garda Station, it was found that there have been 4 bench warrants in existence and these had been subsequently executed earlier than Connors was introduced earlier than the court docket on Monday afternoon.
“Such an quantity of Garda sources and court docket time,” remarked Choose Eiteain Cunningham.
Connors pleaded responsible to a sequence of theft offences referring to items and garments with a complete worth of €156.64. Particulars of those offences got to the court docket by Sergeant Jim Collins.
Connors was charged with stealing €25 of home items from Dealz, Letterkenny on August 22, 2023 and with stealing €50 value of garments from the identical store on July 3, 2023.
Connors was charged with the theft of a crimson Tommy Hilfiger high valued at €64.90 from McElhinney’s, Ballybofey on November 25, 2023
The accused was additionally charged with stealing child formulation valued at €7.75 from Kelly’s Centra, Mountain High, Letterkenny, on August 16, 2023 and with stealing a €2 packet of buns from the identical store on February 13, 2022.
Connors additionally pleaded responsible to stealing a kids’s hair band value €6.99 from TK Maxx, Letterkenny, on October 8, 2021.
Mr Patsy Gallagher, solicitor for Connors, mentioned the merchandise in query had been ‘of an important nature’. “She is a 25-year-old mother-of-two and her companion is at the moment elsewhere – and might be for an additional year-and-a-half.
“These had been nominal values and of a nuisance nature. There can by no means be a sound purpose, however there’s a purpose. These had been both kids’s objects or meals objects. She is in lodging with two younger kids and has solely sporadic household help.” Mr Gallagher mentioned his consumer was ‘apologetic’ and cited ‘unhelpful influences’ in her life.
Choose Cunningham mentioned she didn’t settle for that the explanation for her earlier non-attendance at court docket was all the way down to a worry of what lay forward.
“There’s warrant after warrant after warrant,” Choose Cunningham mentioned.
Two of the 4 warrants associated to non-appearance at Limerick District Courtroom and Connors was ordered to seem at court docket in Limerick on Monday subsequent, December 4.
Mr Gallagher requested that highway site visitors expenses towards Connors be put again ‘for clarification’.
Sergeant Collins requested that, if the court docket was minded to grant bail, strict circumstances be imposed.
Choose Cunningham mentioned she was ‘actually not impressed’ by Connors. “She will not be attending courts across the nation,”
Choose Cunningham mentioned. “She has completely no respect for the court docket and no worry or concern about what is going to occur to her. She is of the view that the court docket will merely settle for her excuse of what else might she do.”
Choose Cunningham mentioned she did recognize that Connors is a mom with no help at presence.
Connors was granted bail given that she signal on 3 times every week at a Garda Station. She is to be contactable by gardai by phone 24-7 and has to interact with the Probation Service.
Connors was additionally ordered to remain out of Dealz, McElhinney’s, TK Maxx and Kelly’s Centra and was advised to seem at court docket on ‘each event’ and to ‘present respect to the court docket’.
A probation and welfare report, to incorporate Connors’ suitability for neighborhood service, was sought by the Choose.
The matter was adjourned till December 11, 2023.
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