Man who put petrol in car but couldn't pay is convicted of theft
Sentenced to a month’s imprisonment
A MAN who put petrol into his car and then walked into the petrol station to tell the manager that he had no money to pay for it was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment when he appeared before Carlow District Court last week. Judge Geraldine Carthy heard that Stuart Power put €65 worth of petrol into his car at Munnelly’s Service Station, Kilkenny Road, Carlow on 18 October last year and that he didn’t pay for it.
Last week, 22-year-old Mr Power pleaded guilty to a charge of theft arising from the incident.
Inspector Conor Nolan told the court that after putting the fuel into his car, the defendant spoke to the manager, telling him that he had no money to pay for it. He added that Mr Power had ten previous convictions, including assault causing harm, for which he was serving a custodial sentence.
Solicitor Joe Farrell said that his client had intended to return to the garage with the money but that he was incarcerated soon afterwards and didn’t get a chance to pay. He added that Mr Power would claim that he wasn’t a thief and that “he always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time”.
“If it was raining soup, he’d have a fork,” said Mr Farrell.
Judge Carthy sentenced Mr Power, of no fixed abode, Co Wexford to one month’s imprisonment.
