Former Cork City FC player George O'Callaghan has paid compensation and will be sentenced next month for the theft of over €23,000 from a fitness centre, a Cork court has heard.
Mr O'Callaghan of Lisduff, Whitechurch, Co Cork was on the list for sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court today.
Judge Helen Boyle heard that compensation monies had been handed over in the case.
An application was made that the case be further adjourned until next month to allow for the preparation of an up-to-date probation report.
The judge directed that a report be compiled prior to the sentencing hearing in the case on 24 June next.
Mr O’Callaghan affirmed a signed plea of guilty in the case in February of this year.
The 46-year-old pleaded guilty "that on dates between 1 August 2020 and 23 December 2021, at Anytime Fitness, Eastgate, Ballincollig, County Cork, in the District Court area of Cork city he did steal property, to wit, €23,645, the property of Holohan Fitness Ltd trading as Anytime Fitness".
The charge was brought under the Criminal Justice Act 2001.
Defence barrister Neal Horgan previously told the court that his client had addiction issues at the time of the offence. Free legal was previously granted in the case at district court level.
Defence solicitor Frank Buttimer told the court that his client was not in receipt of income having "lost his situation" arising out of his issues.
Background details on the offence will be outlined at the sentencing hearing next month.
Mr O’Callaghan played with Cork City FC from 2002 to 2007. He made 11 appearances for Ipswich Town between 2007 and 2008.
He started his career with Port Vale in the mid-1990s. He also played for Tranmere Rovers, Dundalk, Yeovil Town, Waterford United, Cambridge United, Dover Athletic and DPMM FC in Brunei.
He was also manager of Sabah in the Malaysia Premier League from 2014 to 2015.
