Jail for cleaner who caused more than €2k of damage to neighbour's car
Betco Aurelia (55) had denied the charge, saying she was not holding her keys, and she was simply trying to manoeuvre her bike in a narrow space between two cars.
A cleaner scraped the side of a neighbour's car with a key, causing over €2,000 worth of damage, as she struggled to bring her bicycle into her apartment, a court heard.
Betco Aurelia (55) had denied the charge, saying she was not holding her keys, and she was simply trying to manoeuvre her bike in a narrow space between two cars.
Judge David McHugh said that what Aurelia did was 'despicable' and he jailed the defendant for 28 days.
Aurelia was found guilty of criminal damage at Tory Square, Waterville, in Blanchardstown on September 3, 2024.
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The victim told Blanchardstown District Court that her car was damaged shortly after 10pm, and CCTV of the incident was shown to the court.
The victim identified Aurelia, who was her neighbour, as the culprit from the CCTV footage.
The victim said Aurelia approached the apartment complex holding her bike and walked the bike between two cars.
The victim claimed Aurelia scraped the side of the vehicle with a key, causing €2,268 worth of damage.
In her evidence, Aurelia denied damaging the car. She said it was very hard to walk between the two cars holding the bike. She said she did not have any keys in her hand, and the CCTV did not show her damaging the car.
Aurelia said the CCTV showed her moving her bike, so as to avoid hitting the car.
Judge McHugh said he was satisfied from the CCTV that Aurelia had an object in her right hand and she had run it along the area of the car. The court heard that the defendant, a divorced mother of two, had never been in trouble before.
She worked as an office cleaner, and was a stranger to the courts system, her lawyer said, asking the judge to be as lenient as possible.
Judge McHugh said what Aurelia did was 'despicable'.
Recognisances were set for an appeal.
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