Man threatened to shoot and stab schoolchildren

Three Limerick children were robbed by a man who threatened to shoot and stab them on their way to school.

Clyde Keogh, aged 20, pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to robbery and attempted robbery.

The offences took place on January 21, 2016, when Keogh of Ballyclough Ave, Ballinacurra Weston, was on “a bender of alcohol and drugs”, the court heard. He was detained by a parent of one of his victims before gardaí arrived.