Robber stuffed notes into mouth after taking bag

A young man snatched a handbag from an elderly woman waiting for a lift home from a bingo night in Cork city.

But two men in the area chased after the culprit and helped gardaí to catch him.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin jailed the accused for 18 months and said that his level of determination to commit crime was clear from the fact that he stuffed three €50 notes into his mouth before trying to discard other items from the bag into the river.