Irish bank robber sentenced for heists in US

An Irish bank robber, one of the most prolific in recent US history, has been sentenced to a further nearly six years in federal prison for a series of heists over a few months in one California city.

Adam Lynch, 37, from north Dublin, is already serving more than five years for other robberies carried out in Colorado and Wyoming.

Dubbed the “Ho Hum Bandit” for his nonchalant — some reported bored — attitude as he passed notes to tellers demanding cash, admitted to 17 robberies in just 13 months.