Hunt for criminal who goes on run

A GARDA hunt was underway yesterday after one of Dublin's top criminals went on the run just as he was due to be sentenced for armed robbery.

Hunt for criminal who goes on run

Jeffrey Mitchell, aged 29, of Monasterboice Road, Crumlin, had been on bail since he pleaded guilty in May to robbing £52,109 (66,131) in cash from businessman Daniel McCagney.

The robbery took place at the Tallaght bypass, west Dublin, on December 12, 2001. But as the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sat to sentence him yesterday, he absconded.

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