Charged with stealing socks and flip flops
Naas Courthouse
A PROSECUTING sergeant still has to seek DPP directions on how to proceed with a man accused of stealing two pairs of socks and a set of flipflops.
Up before Judge Desmond Zaidan at Naas District Court was James Doona (51) with an address at Marrowbone Lane Flats, Dublin 8. He is charged with 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 sellable condition, but that he still needed to seek directions from the DPP, the judge remanded Mr Doona on continuing bail until 16 October.
