Wicklow man gets six years for knifepoint robbery

A Co Wicklow cocaine addict who drank tea with a Chinese woman after terrorising her at knifepoint in her apartment has been jailed for six years by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

John Cash (aged 31) of Hazlewood, Bray told gardaí he established “a bond” with the woman he held captive while he attempted to rob her apartment at St Catherine's Close, Dublin 8 of cash on February 15, 2006.