Pregnant Dublin woman robbed taximan with syringe

A pregnant mother of three who robbed a taxi driver with a syringe after he spurned her sexual advances has had her partially suspended sentence reactivated.

Mary Ward, aged 34, offered the driver sex and quoted him prices for various sexual acts. When he did not express any interest, she decided to rob him.

Ward, of Nelson St, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbing taxi driver Declan Byrne and threatening him with a syringe at Blackhall Place and attempting to rob Sean McGarby at a Spar shop in Inchicore on August 27, 2011.