Co Tyrone man stole Samsung phone from patient sleeping in corridor of Craigavon Area Hospital, court hears
A Co Tyrone man, who stole a mobile phone from a sleeping hospital patient, has been given a suspended jail term.
The 34-year-old appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
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Cory Anthony McNally, from The Millrace, Coalisland, pleaded guilty to a single charge of theft at an earlier hearing.
Police received a report from the injured party on June 28, 2024 that his phone had been stolen.
The man revealed that, whilst he slept in the corridor of Craigavon Area Hospital, he left his mobile phone, a black Samsung Galaxy, on his table. When he woke in the morning his phone had disappeared.
When interviewed McNally, who was identified via CCTV, admitted being in the hospital but denied stealing the phone.
A Prosecutor asked for £250 restitution in respect of the phone and handed the Judge the defendant’s record.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan said: "This was a particularly nasty theft given the setting.”
McNally was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for 18 months.