Tipperary store worker took money by using price check on items instead of using the till

A supermarket worker used the price check on items instead of putting them through the till, Judge Elizabeth MacGrath heard at a recent sitting of Nenagh District Court.

Davidas Zakauskas of 1 Legion Villas, Roscrea, pleaded to 12 counts of deception under the Theft and Fraud Act over a number of months at Aldi, Townsparks, Roscrea on various dates in 2019.

The court heard that the defendant was working in the store at the time and when a customer paid for items, he rang them up on the price check instead of charging for them through the till.

money repaid.

The total amount came to close to €850.

The court heard that Mr Zakauskas had repaid all the money.

His solicitor, David Peters, said that his client had been “in the wrong crowd” and had been “smoking and drinking a lot”.

Judge Elizabeth MacGrath ordered a probation report for the court on February 22, 2024.