Tesco and the criminally damaged tube of Pringles

Muahahaha

A word of warning- do not pop your Pringles in Tesco or you may find yourself in the District Court on criminal damages charges :eek:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-woman-denies-criminal-damage-to-150-tubeof-pringles-867318.html

A woman has refused to swallow a criminal damage charge at Cork District Court after she was accused of popping a €1.50 packet of Pringles at a local Tesco outlet almost two years ago.

Kathleen McDonagh, aged 24, of 1 Inchera Close, Mahon, Cork, denies the charge of damaging the item at Tesco, Mahon Point Shopping Centre. The case was listed for hearing yesterday before Judge Mary Dorgan. Garda Linda O’Keeffe was in court for the case yesterday as was Inspector John Deasy. The accused woman was represented on free legal aid by solicitor, Shane Collins-Daly.

The charge states that on December 27, 2016, at Tesco, Mahon Point shopping centre, in Cork District Court area she, did without lawful excuse, damage property, to wit, a foil lid on a box of Pringles partially removed, value €1.50, not resalable, belonging to Tesco shop of Mahon Point intending to damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged, contrary to Section 2 (1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1991.

Bizarre case. Im just trying to add up how much this will cost the State to prosecute. Free legal aid is around €400 quid then youve a Garda and Inspector giving evidence, then the judge, solicitor in the DPP office, clerk of the court, etc. Perhaps about €1,500 all up. Is it really worth it over a €1.50 tube of Pringles?

Try_harder

With the exception of free legal aid, all the rest are paid as normal, a special sitting wasnt required.

Yer Da sells Avon

She should appeal on the grounds that once you pop, it's been proven that you can't stop.

gerrybbadd

Fecking false advertising.

So apparently, once you pop, the fun does, in fact, stop

gerrybbadd

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

She should appeal on the grounds that once you pop, it's been proven that you can't stop.

Dammit - beat me to it by a second!

per aspera ad astra

Every little pops.

KevRossi

Probably pushed by Tesco as a warning to others.

Dead right too. It sounds trivial, but where's the limit? Damaging €10 of goods, €50,...€1000.

You draw the line somewhere and for Tesco it seems to be zero tolerance.

There could also be more background to the story that we are not aware of....

Odelay

Of it was any of is we'd be told it was a civil matter and nothing they can do, but not for Tesco, they get to go to court for their €1.50.

.......

KevRossi wrote: »

There could also be more background to the story that we are not aware of....

I would think the surname of the accused gives that away.

freshpopcorn

Google the address.

OldMrBrennan83

Muahahaha wrote: »

A word of warning- do not pop your Pringles in Tesco or you may find yourself in the District Court on criminal damages charges :eek:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-woman-denies-criminal-damage-to-150-tubeof-pringles-867318.html


Bizarre case. Im just trying to add up how much this will cost the State to prosecute. Free legal aid is around €400 quid then youve a Garda and Inspector giving evidence, then the judge, solicitor in the DPP office, clerk of the court, etc. Perhaps about €1,500 all up. Is it really worth it over a €1.50 tube of Pringles?

It is worth it because if you don't then it opens it up to a free for all.

fepper

McDonagh name would qualify for special status that enda put into legislation.....

Are Am Eye

It's criminal that Pringles (The Kellogg Company) packaging is non-recyclable.

OldMrBrennan83

Are Am Eye wrote: »

It's criminal that Pringles (The Kellogg Company) packaging is non-recyclable.

It's not really though.

TheValeyard

Are Am Eye wrote: »

It's criminal that Pringles (The Kellogg Company) packaging is non-recyclable.

They can make a good antenna though

sabat

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

They can make a good antenna though

Can also be filled with piss without leaking

Try_harder

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-man-held-for-hitting-wife-309165.html

Her brother?

Potential-Monke

Odelay wrote: »

Of it was any of is we'd be told it was a civil matter and nothing they can do, but not for Tesco, they get to go to court for their €1.50.

Criminal damage is criminal damage, it's always a criminal case, regardless of the cost.

cocaliquid

Tesco's never liked the place or their practices.

Wheety

Try_harder wrote: »

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-man-held-for-hitting-wife-309165.html

Her brother?

Is that him looking over the wall in Google Maps? Also, Tesco probably took this case all the way because 3 of their trolleys are around the side of the house :rolleyes:

Turtwig

Mixed feeling about this. Kind of sick of going into a shop to see products already open and samples taken. Not really a fan of the state pushing a court case for such small damages.

xabi

Try_harder wrote: »

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-man-held-for-hitting-wife-309165.html

Her brother?

And the other brother https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/threat-to-kill-security-guard-323173.html

per aspera ad astra

Well, well, well. Look who it is! That's him alright!

Well, well, well, well, well...

Giraffe Box

€1.50 is tremendously good value for a 200g tube of Pringles, they're €2 in my local Tesco.

Guy:Incognito

cocaliquid wrote: »

Tesco's never liked the place or their practices.

What place did Tesco never like?

OldMrBrennan83

cocaliquid wrote: »

Tesco's never liked the place or their practices.

Not letting people rob from them? Yeah, complete ***** altogether.

per aspera ad astra

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

What place did Tesco never like?

Aldi?

the_syco

I'm guessing that they had witnesses of her doing this damage, but didn't have witnesses of her doing other damage, so went with what they could probably prove. I'm guessing the other two witnesses don't work in Tescos anymore, so didn't see the point in involving themselves in this further.

Wheety

xabi wrote: »

And the other brother https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/threat-to-kill-security-guard-323173.html

Those solicitors are kept busy by that family.

Grayson

Wheety wrote: »

Those solicitors are kept busy by that family.

I googled them. I couldn't help it. I can say that they seem to know a lot of people who work full time at being a mad bastard.

suicide_circus

people who take products off the shelf and eat them in supermarkets are trash

Grayson

suicide_circus wrote: »

people who take products off the shelf and eat them in supermarkets are trash

I'd add and don't pay for them. I often see mothers scanning through some container of sweets that they gave to the kids to keep them busy.
On the other hand you have the people who seem to think they can grab a bag of pic n mix to nibble as they go around the place.

freshpopcorn

Grayson wrote: »

I'd add and don't pay for them. I often see mothers scanning through some container of sweets that they gave to the kids to keep them busy.
On the other hand you have the people who seem to think they can grab a bag of pic n mix to nibble as they go around the place.

I always feel sorry for the staff at the self-service in Tesco when the pyjama brigade with children come in.

SEPT 23 1989

McDonagh

Tesco can't let everyone come in & eat for free. It all adds up, & for all we know, maybe this is the only thing they could prove.....

AtomicHorror

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I always feel sorry for the staff at the self-service in Tesco when the pyjama brigade with children come in.

Plenty of parents do the same, dressed in day clothes. Much better than dealing with a cranky infant in a supermarket.

Seth Brundle

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

McDonagh

Is she related to the Supermacs owner by any chance?

Pac1Man

Disappointing OP. I thought this was a title of a new Harry Potter book.

freshpopcorn

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Plenty of parents do the same, dressed in day clothes. Much better than dealing with a cranky infant in a supermarket.

I have no issue with what people wear shopping. It's one thing I don't care a thing about. I just find the pajama brigade to be the worst offenders for distracting the staff and stealing stock.

SEPT 23 1989

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Is she related to the Supermacs owner by any chance?

Probably

smelly sock

Our legal system is a joke. We sent a man to jail for 6 years for importing garlic. This went to court over a tin of pringles.

Tom humphries only got a couple of years for buggering a kid.

Madness i say.

TomOnBoard

Giraffe Box wrote: »

€1.50 is tremendously good value for a 200g tube of Pringles, they're €2 in my local Tesco.

Yeah, but yours' are sealed...

satguy

A future mother of 7 no doubt, and Tesco are bang on in pushing this. Some people think they can do what they want.

While we fools follow the rule of law and pay taxes to pay for all this free legal aid.

Heckler

What a charming family. Must be a treat living in 2 Inchera close. Or anywhere in Inchera Close for that matter.

smelly sock

So now we are saying that when a mother gives her child a bread roll or something in tesco to keep them happy they should be prosecuted.

Heckler

smelly sock wrote: »

So now we are saying that when a mother gives her child a bread roll or something in tesco to keep them happy they should be prosecuted.

Get real ffs.

smelly sock

Heckler wrote: »

Get real ffs.

I am though. Maybe tesco need to get real.

TomOnBoard

smelly sock wrote: »

So now we are saying that when a mother gives her child a bread roll or something in tesco to keep them happy they should be prosecuted.

By what right should a mother steal a bread roll in the first place? 'To keep them happy' justifies it? Great life training for the child.. Not!

smelly sock

TomOnBoard wrote: »

By what right should a mother steal a bread roll in the first place? 'To keep them happy' justifies it? Great life training for the child.. Not!

Yep. The twitching blinds brigade are out in force on this one.

Your Face

Tesco delivers.

TomOnBoard

smelly sock wrote: »

Yep. The twitching blinds brigade are out in force on this one.

Twitching blinds are the foundation of modern Neighbourhood Watch schemes, which are needed to keep scum-sucking robbing scrotes away from pinching anything they see just to 'keep them happy' - a life practice that started with bread rolls in a Tesco trolley!!