Woman Pleads Guilty To Four Westmeath Theft And Road Traffic Offences

The incidents occurred between Saturday and Tuesday.

A woman in her 40s accused of getting into another womans car and stealing her phone in a Westmeath town is pleading guilty to all charges against her.

The Irish Independent reports 43 year old Jessica Gaffey came before a setting of Mullingar District Court in relation to four theft and road traffic offences in Athlone.

The incidents took place between Saturday and Tuesday, with Miss Gaffey getting into a 151 registered vehicle belonging to her victim at Castlemaine Street while it was parked.

The phone was stolen during that incident, with a seperate incident of theft of taking clothes at a Dunnes Stores in Irishtown the following day.

Her most recent charge was only committed on Tuesday, when she was accused of stealing 200 euro worth of groceries from a Centra store on Castlemaine Street.

Ms Gaffey did not apply for bail and replied "guilty" to all charges brought against her, and is being remanded in custody to a sitting of Athlone District Court on Wednesday.

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