Betting shop raider prodded woman with stick

A raider waved a stick around aggressively in a betting office in Cork City before prodding the woman working in the premises and getting away with almost €1,000 in cash.

The man, Niall Fitzpatrick, aged 24, of 9 Leamlara Close, Togher, Cork, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison with the last year suspended. His accomplice, Paul Doolan, aged 30, of Kent Rd, Cork, who drove him to the scene and was involved in the planning, was given two years with one suspended.

Det Garda Katrine Tansley said on the afternoon of December 5, 2013, the two accused were in Doolan’s home when they planned to rob Hackett’s betting office.