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Case No. 15594Theft · Co. Kilkenny · 26 Oct 2024

Gardaí seek two women over shop theft at Mosses Pottery, Bennettsbridge

On Saturday 26 October 2024, between 10.55am and 11.30am, two women entered Mosses Pottery in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, and stole a number of items, including a foldable table, before leaving in a silver estate car, possibly a Skoda. Separately, a rear door frame was broken at a house in Ashfield East on the Old Golf Links Road, Kilkenny City, in a criminal damage incident between 5.15pm and 5.35pm on Friday 25 October 2024. Gardaí in Thomastown are searching for the two women and appealing for information and dashcam footage from the carpark. The women's names, ages and nationalities are not given in the reports. Reports published on 2 November 2024 record no arrest or charge.

  1. Reported1 Nov
    2 reports
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Two women entered Mosses Pottery and stole a number of items, including a foldable table.
  • A separate criminal damage incident involved a loud bang and a broken rear door frame at a house, with nobody entering but the damage described as very costly.
Where
  • The shop theft took place at Mosses Pottery in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny.
  • The criminal damage happened at a house in Ashfield East on the Old Golf Links Road, on the outskirts of Kilkenny City.
When
  • The shop theft took place on Saturday 26 October 2024 between 10.55am and 11.30am.
  • The criminal damage happened between 5.15pm and 5.35pm on Friday 25 October 2024, when the resident was upstairs.
  • Both incidents were reported by kilkennypeople.ie, with the theft report published on 2 November 2024 and the criminal damage report on 2 November 2024.
Other details
  • The two women were travelling in a silver estate car, possibly a Skoda with a suspended carrier box on the rear.
  • The car arrived from across the bridge on the Thomastown side and left towards Kilkenny, and several cars were parked in the Mosses Pottery carpark during a customer event.
Investigation
  • Gardaí in Thomastown are searching for the two women and appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious or has dashcam footage from the carpark between 10am and 11.30am, via (056) 775 4150.
  • Gardaí in Kilkenny are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Ashfield East area on Friday afternoon, via (056) 777 5000.
  • The reports give no names, ages or nationalities for the two women, and no arrest or charge is reported.
14 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe resident heard a loud bang and found the frame of the rear door broken. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatTwo women entered the shop and stole a number of items, including a foldable table. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereGardaí in Kilkenny are investigating criminal damage at a property in a housing estate on the outskirts of Kilkenny City. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereThe incident took place in Ashfield East on the Old Golf Links Road. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereThe theft took place at Mosses Pottery in Bennettsbridge. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe incident took place between 5.15pm and 5.35pm on Friday 25 October. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe theft took place on Saturday 26 October 2024 between 10.55am and 11.30am. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area or any similar incidents on Friday afternoon. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí in Thomastown are searching for two women over the theft. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí appeal to anyone who saw anything suspicious or has dashcam footage from the carpark between 10am and 11.30am to contact Thomastown Gardaí on (056) 775 4150. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherNobody entered the house, but the damage was very costly. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherThe women were travelling in a silver estate car, possibly a Skoda with a suspended carrier box on the rear. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherThe car arrived from across the bridge from the Thomastown side and left towards Kilkenny. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherThere was a customer event at the time and several cars were parked in the Mosses Pottery carpark. (kilkennypeople.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 1 Nov2024
    Reportedkilkennypeople.ie, first report
    Gardaí in Kilkenny on the hunt for two female suspects

    First report of this incident. It describes two female suspects, a silver estate car (possibly a Skoda), and an appeal to the public from Thomastown Gardaí.

    suspect, femalesuspect, female
  2. 1 Nov2024
    Reportedkilkennypeople.ie, follow-up
    Garda probe into criminal damage at Kilkenny home

    First report of this incident. It gives the time window of 5.15pm to 5.35pm, the location, the damage to the rear door frame, and a garda appeal for information.

    victim