A man who subjected two students to an hour long ordeal in which they were tied up and robbed in their own apartment has received a five year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who committed robberies which his own defence counsel described as "chilling" will be sentenced on June 20, 2005 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two women went to the flat of men they met after a night of drinking and left the door on the latch so their boyfriends could rob the place, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told.