Drug addict stole empty cash register to repay €300 debt

A drug addict who stole an empty cash register in an attempt to repay a debt has been jailed for three years.

Daryl Mooney, aged 26, took a knife from his family home to rob the store where he ripped out a cash register that had not been in use, leaving the register containing cash behind.

Mooney, of Whitestown Park, Mulhuddart, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery at Whitestown Stores, Whitestown Avenue, Mulhuddart on October 7, 2014.