A man who became a father for the first time earlier this month has received a 10-month jail sentence after racking up a €1,000 bill at one of the country’s most popular hotels and then leaving without paying.
Brian Hammond, 30, of Coolmoohan, Kilworth in Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Clonakilty District Court to the charge relating to leaving Inchydoney Lodge and Spa without paying his bill for his two-night stay, and he also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of leaving a Texaco filling station in Clonakilty without paying for €40 worth of fuel.
The first charge dated back to June 27th last year while the charge of taking the fuel related to June 30th last year.
Garda Alan Crowley told Judge James McNulty that Mr Hammond had been brought before the court in Clonakilty after he had previously been before Dungarvan District Court on separate matters. Judge McNulty remarked that Mr Hammond had appeared before the court in May and had said at that time that he would make…
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