Mother and daughter on premeditated crime spree

A Dublin mother and daughter came to Cork on a premeditated crime spree where elderly women doing their Christmas shopping were targeted.

Judge Marie Keane said: “These are very serious offences — all the more serious because it is clear they were premeditated. These ladies travelled from Dublin for the purpose of engaging in a crime spree in Cork.

“A particularly aggravating factor is that a number of the victims were elderly ladies simply going about their Christmas shopping.”