Repeat robber gets no further jail time

A drug addict who robbed the same building society twice and then headbutted a garda when he escaped from court will not spend any extra time in prison because of his current 20-year sentence for other offences.

Jason Smith (aged 35) was given the total of 20 years in consecutive sentences last March for seven robberies he committed to pay €25,000 to "people you don’t want to mess with".