A man serving two prison sentences for robbing prostitutes has had an eight-year term cut to six on appeal.

Man serving 8 years for robbing prostitutes gets concurrent term

A prostitute working alone in the Metropole Hotel, Cork, was tied up with cables from her phone and computer chargers and put into a bath with a towel over her head as two men robbed her of €4,000 cash and other items.

An unemployed 34-year old mechanic yesterday pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment and robbery of a prostitute at an Ennis hotel room last year.