Addict robbed off-licence weeks after first attempt

A man who failed to rob an off-licence when a staff member fended him off with a stool returned a couple of weeks later armed with an imitation gun and robbed the same premises.

Zack Moloney, aged 41, with an address at an apartment at Highfield West, College Rd, Cork, was jailed for three years, with half the sentence suspended yesterday.

Moloney admitted attempting to commit a robbery at the Carry-Out off-licence on Gilabbey St, Cork, on Dec 28, 2012. He also confessed to committing a robbery of €70 in coins from the same premises on Jan 14.