Man charged with sock theft appears in Kildare court
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A PROSECUTING sergeant still has to seek DPP’s directions on how to proceed with a man who stole two pairs of socks and a set of flipflops, Naas District Court learned this week (22 May).
Up before Judge Desmond Zaidan was a James Doona (51) with an address at Marrowbone Lane Flats, Dublin 8 who is charged with committing this hosiery theft from the Adidas shop in Kildare Village on 4 May.
“Stole a pair of socks? You couldn’t make it up,” said the judge.
“Were they branded socks?” he asked.
“They must be, they were valued at €85,” said a deadpan Sergeant Dave Hanrahan. “There were also a pair of Sliders.”
“I think it’s a brand of flip flops,” he clarified, after a quiet prompt from the registrar.
“Thank you. That’s the generation gap for you,” smiled the judge.
“But you could get a pair of flip flops in Penney’s for €2,” he suggested to the defendant, who only shrugged.
After the sergeant clarified that all items were recovered in re-sellable condition, but that he still needed to “seek directions” from the DPP, the judge remanded Mr Doona on continuing bail until 16 October to allow him ample time to achieve this.
