Man given 10-year sentence for role in Lusk post office raid

A man has been given 10-year sentence for his role in an attempted armed raid of a post office where two of his fellow gang members were shot dead by gardaí.

Man given 10-year sentence for role in Lusk post office raid
Mon, 30 Apr, 2007 - 18:53

A man has been given 10-year sentence for his role in an attempted armed raid of a post office where two of his fellow gang members were shot dead by gardaí.

Gavin Farrelly (aged 35) Lower Sherriff Street Dublin 1 pleaded guilty to attempted robbery of Ms Linda Neary at the Village Stores, Post Office, Main Street, Lusk on May 26, 2005.

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