Mum on shoplifting charge lost her son in knife attack, court hears
A judge took pity on a Polish mum today after he heard her son had been stabbed to death five years ago.
The defendant, of Wallace Court in Newbridge, appeared in Naas District Court today.
Her son Boguslaw was killed in a knife attack in Newbridge five years ago.
Judge Desmond Zaidan said: "If you come before me for shoplifting again, I will send you to prison."
Judge Zaidan served the defendant with the Probation Act.