Employee chased robber down street

A drug addict who tried to rob a shop armed with a replica gun was disarmed and chased down the street by a brave employee, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Employee chased robber down street

A drug addict who tried to rob a shop armed with a replica gun was disarmed and chased down the street by a brave employee, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Alan Jackson (aged 23), of Shanid Road, Harolds Cross was also charged with viciously beating a foreign national after trying to rob his phone and wallet. He will be sentenced for both offences later this week by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

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