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Jail for burger kitchen manager who stole day's takings

Date
2020-03-11

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Eduards Babinjans, 32, manager at Gourmet Burger Kitchen in Liffey Valley, Dublin, was jailed for eight months after failing to deposit €920 into the company safe at the end of his shift. He had signed a form confirming the cash was dropped, but Garda Emily Beddingfield noted the safe was checked weekly and the money was not found. The chef, who witnessed Babinjans counting the cash that night, later stated he saw Babinjans place the cash in a bag, seal it, and hand it back to him, but did not see it put in the safe. Babinjans was arrested, interviewed without admission, and suggested the bag might have been stuck in the safe. The money was never recovered. He pleaded guilty to theft on 24 May 2018, has five prior convictions, and is due for release in September.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for burger kitchen manager who stole day's takings. Charges or matters: theft on May 24, 2018. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

May 24, 2018 Incident
2020-03-11 Publication

Why: Luigi Rea BL, defending, said his client, who is originally from Latvia, had a growing cocaine habit at the time and took the money to fund his addiction. Defence account reported by CNI