Defendant changes plea in robbery case

A woman has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to attempting to rob a Nigerian shopkeeper near the city centre and using a knife to intimidate him.

Caroline Lambe (aged 28), of Blackhall Street, made her admissions on day two of her trial following legal argument in the absence of the jury. She had originally pleaded not guilty to committing the offences on October 27, 2000 at the shop on Parnell Street, Dublin 1.