Five years for thief who robbed pregnant woman

A man with a metal plate in his head as a result of brain injuries from a motorcycle accident has been given a five-year sentence for robbing a heavily pregnant woman in her home while armed with a lump hammer.

David Emerson (aged 23) smashed his way into the home of woman who was due to give birth four days later with a sledge hammer and had to be forcibly restrained by gardai who attended at the scene.