Man jailed for attempted raid on bookmaker

A man who carried out an attempted armed raid on a bookmakers, days after being released from jail with a newly-acquired heroin addiction, has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Jonathan Donovan (aged 23) had just served a sentence for assaulting a garda when he tried to rob William Hill’s betting office in Dublin’s Parkgate Street. He was armed with what he described as a "gas gun" while his then 17-year-old accomplice, Gavin Kelly, had a machete.