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Wed 05 May 2004Consultant stole laptops to pay for costly dental workAn Italian computer consultant who stole eight laptops from the Department of Foreign Affairs and sold them to pay for expensive dental treatment has been remanded in custody for sentence on June 29th by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.Andrew Rosino (28), formerly living in rented accommodation in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to stealing the laptops between October 2003 and January 2004. Garda Deirdre Conway said Rosino sold seven of the laptops to friends for about €500 each and sold the eighth on the Internet auction site E-Bay for £700 sterling to an Englishman.