Criminal who preyed on the elderly given nine-year sentence

A professional criminal who preyed on elderly people and expressed no remorse when questioned by gardai in relation to one of his crimes was given a nine-year jail sentence today.

Judge Patrick J. Moran noted that David Cronin, 37, formerly of Templeacre Avenue, Gurranabraher, Cork, and of no fixed address, told the investigator that he didn't give a shit about the elderly man he had robbed before adding, "if a cat is caught by a dog what does a dog do?"