Cone-brandishing garda caught two robbers

An off-duty garda has been praised by a judge for arming himself with a traffic cone and catching two robbers after witnessing a raid in a Dublin shop.

Kevin Penrose, aged 49, and Larry Brazil, aged 52, were sentenced yesterday by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The men have a total of 159 previous convictions between them.

Brazil, of Cappagh Avenue, Finglas, pleaded guilty to robbery of €2,288 and production of a knife at Centra Store on Westland Row, Dublin 2, on December 17, 2013. He received a four-year suspended sentence.