Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man charged with selling bogus concert tickets has been remanded in custody until October.
John Tomkins(44), of no fixed abode, appeared before Galway District Court this week charged with inducing two women to lodge €200 and €210 respectively into his bank account for tickets to AC/DC concerts which the women never received.
He is charged with handling the respective amounts of money, knowing they were stolen and with giving false and misleading information regarding the transactions to Garda Paul McNulty at Galway Garda Station on April 18 last.
Tomkins is also charged with damaging the walls and door of a holding cell at Galway Garda Station on June 26 and with the theft of items from a car at Murrough, Renmore on the same date.
He is further charged with having items in his possession at a house on Renmore Road on February 14 last with the intention they be used in connection with a burglary.
Judge John King remanded the accused in custody to October 7 for service of the Book of Evidence.
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