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A MOROCCAN chef, who is in Ireland sending money home to his wife and five children, pleaded guilty before a court yesterday to throwing a glass at a barman and to criminal damage to a pub window.
The court heard that Jama Moukrim (45) with no address on record threw a glass containing beer at a barman in The Diamond Bar after the bar- man refused him any more drink on the grounds that he had had enough. The offence was committed on Feb- ruary 4, 2007, the court heard and the glass didn’t hit the barman.
On April 3, after being refused entry to Bar 26 on Abbey Street, he broke a window, causing ©50 worth of damage, Ennis District Court heard.
On September 14, he ordered and ate a meal at the Prince Dragon and
had no money to pay for it, Judge Leo Malone was told.
On September 6, a Garda witness said, Moukrim had to be taken into custody for his own safety. “He was very drunk and had to be rescued. He was asleep on the ground in Abbey Street,” the garda said.
Tara Godfrey, his solicitor said that the Morrocan national had been working as a chef but had been in custody since July 18.
After asking if he could pay com- pensation for the meal and the win- dow, Judge Leo Malone was told that he could.
“If he ever comes before this court again on any such charges, I will im- pose a prison sentence,” the judge Sr HKOR