Chef was getaway driver in robberies

A DUBLIN chef who was the getaway driver in two robberies has been given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Simon Higgins, aged 22, who works in Café Provence in Malahide, did not enter either premises while his co-accused raided the Maxol Service Station in Baldoyle and the Londis Store in Kinsealy on February 19, 2009.

The judge ordered that Higgins pay €2,020 he had raised as a token of remorse to Garda Shane McGrath, who will split the cash between the robbery victims. She indicated that Higgins also faced doing unpaid work in the community and adjourned the matter until July pending a community service report.