Addicts receive nine years for armed raids

Two chronic drug addicts who carried out a series of armed raids to raise funds for their habits have been jailed for a total of nine and half years by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Colm Kane (aged 19), of Willow Vale, Ballybrack, was jailed for five years after he pleaded guilty to seven robberies of various Dublin shops, pubs and post offices, two thefts, possession for sale or supply of €1,400 worth in Ecstasy and cannabis resin and two road traffic offences between April 14, 2005 and May 23, 2006.