http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/prove-you-spent-26k-payout-thief-is-told-29085975.html
A JUDGE has said she needs to see the "paper trail"
behind the purchase of a pair of dogs before she grants legal aid to a
young man who spent a €26,000 legal settlement in less than three
months.
Judge Catherine Murphy said she would not agree to give free
legal aid to William Croft unless he produces evidence of the €5,000 he
maintains he spent on a failed attempt to buy two dogs over the
internet.
He insists he now has nothing left from the €26,000 settlement and is
seeking legal aid to cover the cost of his defence in a theft case.
The judge granted a final adjournment to give Croft time to find records of the transaction to buy the dogs.
Croft (21), of Woodlawn Green, Santry, was put on a one-year
probation bond after he pleaded guilty to trespassing and stealing a
Mercedes wheel and tyre at Coolock on October 1 last.
