Addict who robbed €10,000 given five years

A Finglas heroin addict has been jailed for five years for robbing €10,000 cash from a betting agent clerk as she walked to the bank.

Judge Frank O’Donnell said in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he had "no hesitation" in sentencing Kevin Penrose, who was released from another five-year robbery sentence prior to this latest offence on May 26, 2008.