Suspended term for robbery and takeaway thefts

A DUBLIN man who robbed a bookmakers armed with a replica gun and who stole two pizzas and a Chinese meal has been given a two-year suspended sentence.

Ian Madden, aged 37, of Moatview Avenue, Coolock, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of theft and one of robbery.

Garda Daniel Nolan told Judge Yvonne Murphy that, on May 3, 2010, he received a complaint from an Apache pizza delivery man that a customer had refused to pay for two pizzas and two bottles of cola.