Prison for man who robbed bookies

A DUBLIN man who robbed a bookies around the corner from where he lived all his life has been jailed for one year.

Paul Kenna, aged 49, of Annamore Drive, Cabra, in Dublin 7, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the robbery of Ladbrokes Bookmakers, Cabra, on July 26, 2008.

Detective Garda John Brady agreed with defence counsel Pieter Le Vert BL that Kenna was “highly intoxicated” at the time of the robbery.