Robber threatened to cut out shop assistant’s eye

A MAN who threatened to kill and to cut out the eye of a sales assistant at a jewellery shop, if she continued to look at a panic button, was jailed for nine years yesterday.

Jamie Coughlan, of 256 Larchville, with an address also at 14 Bridge St in Waterford, was yesterday sentenced in relation to a terrifying robbery involving the production of a knife in the city in July.

The 32-year-old father of two was last week found guilty of the robbery of 48 diamond engagement and eternity rings worth nearly €81,704 and a €60 cash float from a cash register. He was also found guilty of producing a knife.