CITY RESIDENT GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR TRYING TO SIPHON DIESEL

Date Published: 25-Mar-2009

A man who was caught red-handed with diesel siphoning equipment in Carnmore, has been given a three-month suspended sentence and a €500 fine.28 year old Grezegorz Sobkov of 11 Dun na Mara, Renmore, pleaded guilty to having siphoning equipment, an 85-gallon container, gloves and a screwdriver at Newell Roofing factory, Carnmore, on November 28, 2007.Garda Gerry Carroll said the items found in Sobkov’s van were to be used for siphoning diesel from cars or home heating oil.Judge Mary Fahy sentenced Sobkov to three months in prison at Galway District Court, which she suspended for twelve months, and imposed a €500 fine