No jail time for raid after M50 tolls not paid

A MAN broke into a car pound to take back his wife's car which had been impounded due to thousands of unpaid M50 charges, a court has heard.

- BY DECLAN BRENNAN

SUM Car had €5,000 to €7,000 in unpaid tolls linked to it

Keith O'Neill, 38, of Sheehy Skeffington Meadows, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Ktech Security in the Cookstown industrial estate in Tallaght on December 3, 2021.

Prosecuting counsel Rebecca Smith BL told the court that a few days earlier, a car owned by O'Neill’s wife was seized and taken to the secure yard in Tallaght.

The car had €5,000 to €7,000 in unpaid tolls linked to it.