of no fixed abode are both charged with stealing €60 from a student at an ATM on Patrick Street in Cork on March 27th and today at Cork District Court their solicitor, Daithí Ó Donnabháin said they would be contesting the charge.
“They said they wanted to buy another ticket. He could only get €20 when he went back to the ATM. He said he complied out of fear and intimidation,” said Det Garda Hayes, adding that gardaí found evidence on Mr Marginica’s phone of significant money transfers in the past month or so. Det Garda Hayes said that gardaí found a key on Mr Marginica when he was arrested for questioning about the alleged theft and gardaí believed it was for some address but that the defendant was not disclosing the address and claimed to be homeless in Cork.in Cork and found that they had determined that Mr Marginica was not in need of accommodation from Simon and they could not find any indication of him sleeping on the streets.