No one in their right mind would try this, court told
Tue, Jan 20, 2026
No one in their right mind would expect to get away with leaving a supermarket with a trolley full of unpaid-for groceries, was the defence put forward by a solicitor on behalf of a client who did just that.
Olivia Traynor, solicitor pleaded that her client had returned to the Lidl in Moycullen and compensated the store. She produced a receipt for €360.25 to prove this.
Judge Adrian Harris heard at Galway District Court how on May 24 last the defendant entered the store, collected groceries to the value of €360.25 and wheeled them out to an awaiting car without paying for them.
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