Two men have pleaded guilty to stealing and handling 4.5 kms of ESB cabling.
Both men appeared yesterday at Letterkenny Circuit Court in Co Donegal.
Patrick Joseph Winston of 3 Hawthorn Heights, Letterkenny was charged with theft from ESB Networks Stores on date unknown between April 30 2007 and September 11 2011.
Anthony Downes, of The Bungalow, The Crescent, Buncrana was charged with handling stolen property at Carriag Craobh, Letterkenny on September 11, 2011.
Both men pleaded guilty to the charges on their arraignment.
The court heard the charge related to the theft of 4,500m of network cable, power tools and cable cutters.
Judge John O’Hagan ordered a probation report be carried out and adjourned sentencing to the July sitting of the Circuit Court.