This article is from page 12 of the 2007-12-18 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
A MAN who admitted possession of stolen lead has been handed a six- month jail term.
However, he will not serve time if he behaves himself for two years.
Bernie Mongan (19) of Clancy Park, Ennis, pleaded guilty to han- dling stolen property between June 29 and July 2 last.
Garda Michelle Holian told Ennis District Court on Friday that a build- ing site in Ennis was broken into and
lead, valued at €2,000, was taken. Mongan was arrested and ques- tioned at Ennis Garda Station. He admitted being in possession of some of the goods. All of the prop- erty was recovered. Defending so- licitor Daragh Hassett said his client
had purchased the rolls of lead on the side of the road in Ballyalla and told gardai what he had paid for it.
Judge Aeneas McCarthy imposed a six-month jail term, suspended on condition that Mongan be of good behaviour for two years.