‘Bad apple’ jailed for 5 years over carjacking

A man who threatened to Taser a woman and take away her children during a carjacking in Dublin has been sentenced to five years in prison.

During the 30-minute ordeal Francis Gavigan, aged 41, sought to reassure the two children in the car and showed them a memorial card of his late mother.

He said he was a “bad apple” and hated doing this but he was desperate and couldn’t rob banks any more.