Botched getaway raider remanded for sentencing

An armed robber who was apprehended when the chain of his getaway bicycle broke as he was fleeing, with his gun suspended on a rope around his neck, has been remanded on bail for sentence on July 21 next.

Anthony Kershaw, aged 48, of Primrose Row, Darndale, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery from the Cash Converters discount jewellery shop on Malahide Road on April 5, 1996.