Violent robber gets 13 years

A drug addict who committed a string of violent post office robberies in which put knives to customer’s throats and made off with thousands of euro has been jailed for 13 years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Michael White heard that Jason Campbell stabbed an off duty garda who confronted him during a robbery of a Post Office in Tallaght and in a separate incident held a knife to a female pensioner’s throat.