'Most polite' thief jailed for four years

A man described as "Dublin’s politest bank robber" who took more than €50,000 from various banks over a six-month period when in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction has been jailed for four years by Judge Desmond Hogan.

John O’Hegarty (aged 33), of Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge has a diploma in journalism, a Bachelor's degree in philosophy and a Masters degree in psycho-analytic studies from Trinity College Dublin and became heavily addicted to crack cocaine after a man he knocked down with his bicycle died.