Staff handbag taken

Published: Tue 10 Apr 2012, 4:23 PM

Last updated: Tue 10 Apr 2012, 5:26 PM

A handbag belonging to a member of staff working in a Mullingar hotel was stolen on Thursday of last week.A male went behind the bar and took the handbag. He then went to one of the public computers (which has internet access) and stole coins from the bag.He was identified via CCTV footage, and subsequently arrested and taken to Mullingar Garda Station.