A former garda has been jailed for seven months for breaking into a colleague’s locker and stealing €43 in cash from a lunchbox inside.
Paul Arkins (33) was a serving member of the force and under “severe stress” following a relationship breakdown when he took the money, a court heard.
Sentencing him, Judge Bryan Smyth said it was a “serious breach of trust” and Arkins had convictions for assault and trespass.
HE WAS SACKED FROM THE GARDS FOR ROBBING A MATES COIN BUT NOT FOR HAVING CONVICTIONS FOR ASSAULT OR TRESSPASS ?