Charges after petrol station raid, threat, and hijacking

A 31-year-old man made a string of apologies when charged over a crime spree in Co Laois after a petrol station was raided, a woman’s life threatened, a gun fired and a van hijacked.

Joseph Moore, with an address at Market Mews, Marlborough Village, Co Laois, was hospitalised after a series of incidents on Friday and Saturday last week but was charged on Wednesday night.

He appeared before Judge Grainne Malone at Dublin District Court yesterday.