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Career Criminal with 59 Convictions Insists He's Done Breaking the Law After Latest Punishment: 'This Time I Have Really Learned My Lesson'

St. Patrick's Street in Cork Ireland is home to the retailer, Boots, where O'Driscoll's latest crime was committed. (Credit: William Murphy/flickr)

Michael O'Driscoll, a 26-year-old Irish man with a staggering 59 previous theft convictions, told a judge that he has really learned his lesson this time and won't commit any more crimes.

Appearing via video link from prison, O'Driscoll, also known as Foley, pleaded guilty to shoplifting beauty products from a Boots store in Cork on March 7, 2020. The case was delayed for years before he appeared before the court.

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