One jailed for robbery of farmer, 68, who cycled 30 miles for help

One man was jailed for five years while two men walked free yesterday after receiving suspended jail terms for the robbery of a 68-year-old, who abandoned his home in terror two years ago.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Noel Garry, aged 20, of Tullycrine, Kilrush, Co Clare, was jailed for five years by Judge Carroll Moran for robbing Michael McMahon at his remote home in west Clare.

The bachelor farmer cycled 50km through the night to check himself into a nursing home in Ennis after being terrorised for a second night by the robbers.