Bullion raid turns into fiasco for raiders

THE armed robbery of a gold storage business turned into a “fiasco” when the raiders had to be rescued by the fire brigade after locking themselves in, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Corkman Aidan Murphy, aged 32, was yesterday jailed for five years by Judge Martin Nolan for his role in the offence. His two accomplices are before the courts.

The raiders were after up to €440,000 worth of gold and cash which was being stored on the premises. They held two of the staff at gunpoint while making them go through the elaborate procedure necessary to open the safe system.