A local man appeared in Waterford District Court last week in relation to stealing thousands of euro from his ex-girlfriend and his friend.<\/p>\n
21-year-old Joshua Maher, of Fahee, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, was charged with multiple counts of theft, contrary to Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, for\u00a0repeatedly stealing money from his former partner whilst they were in a relationship together.<\/p>\n
On one occasion, he stole a large sum of money from her purse at her home address.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Money was taken on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n
On a separate occasion, Mr. Maher stole a credit card which belonged to his friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He subsequently withdrew \u20ac500 using the card.<\/p>\n
He was later arrested and made full admissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the court proceedings before Judge Kevin Staunton, the court heard that the man had paid back \u20ac1,200 to date.<\/p>\n
He showed up to court with an additional \u20ac100 in compensation.<\/p>\n
Judge Staunton said that only appearing with an additional \u20ac100 was \u201cabsolutely insulting\u201d and described the offences as \u201ca disgusting performance\u201d and as \u201chorrible thefts\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr. Maher received a series of 10-month sentences on the charges, which are to run concurrently.<\/p>\n
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