A NON-national appeared in Carrickmacross District Court on charges relating to taking a vehicle without permission and using a false cheque.

Simeliunas Mangirdas (19) who has an address at 14 Foxfield, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan was accused of taking a vehicle from his employer without permission. The vehicle was later found crashed on 10 february 2008.

Solicitor for the defence Gerry Jones said that his client “admits that he didn’t have the consent of the owner.”

Garda Inspector Fintan McTiernan told the court how on 4 September 2007 Mangirdas paid for goods in O’Neill’s Off Licence totalling €553.32. The cheque that was used had been stolen from Mangirdas’ employer, Carton Bros Ltd. He was seen on CCTV footage to be using it to pay for the goods.

Mangirdas later returned the money to his employer.

Judge Sean McBride sentenced Mangirdas to three months imprisonment for car theft and disqualified him from holding a driving licence for three years.

Judge McBride also imposed a concurrent 3 month sentence for the theft of the cheque.