Judge Frank O’Donnell has told the man found guilty of shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery that he should be professionally represented by a legal team at his upcoming sentence hearing.

Four men were charged tonight in connection with an attempted bank raid in Abbeyleix that ended in the death of a detective, accidentally shot by a colleague.

Four men have appeared in court in the Midlands this evening in connection with Friday’s aborted bank robbery in Co Laois.