Eight years for tying up and robbing prostitute

A prostitute working alone in the Metropole Hotel, Cork, was tied up with cables from her phone and computer chargers and put into a bath with a towel over her head as two men robbed her of €4,000 cash and other items.

Yesterday, Lithuanian national Gediminas Zigmantas was jailed for eight years for the crime.

Detective Sergeant Vincent O’Sullivan testified at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday that Zigmantas, aged 34, falsely imprisoned and robbed the woman.