Irishman pleads guilty to US bank robbery

AN Irishman yesterday pleaded guilty in federal court in Maine to robbing a Bank of America branch on October 4.

Niall Clarke, aged 26, also pleaded guilty to using a firearm while committing a federal crime of violence, lying on an application to buy a gun and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Clarke faces up to 25 years in prison on the robbery charge, and up to 10 years in federal prison on the firearms violation counts.