This article is from page 20 of the 2013-07-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 20 JPG
A MAN who pleaded guilty to stealing a can of Guinness and a number of Cadbury’s Creme Eggs has been banned from setting foot in County Clare for the next twelve months.
Bill Hill (56), with an address at Fairgreen Hostel, Fairgreen in Galway, was banned from entering the county at Ennis District Court last Wednesday and told to “be careful” if he found himself in South Galway. Mr Hill pleaded guilty to stealing the can of Guinness and chocolate treats – in what was described by Judge Patrick Durkin as a “serious” matter.
“I am directing the defendant to stay out of County Clare for the next 12 months. I don’t think that a custodial sentence is necessary for a can of Guinness and some cream eggs but this is a serious matter and I am barring you from Clare for the next 12 months,” he said.
“So keep out of Clare and be careful in South Galway as well. I don’t want to see you coming before me if I am up in Gort as well.”