Nine years for former international boxer who robbed to feed heroin habit

A drug addict who boxed for Ireland before a relapse led him to carry out a number of robberies to feed his habit has been given a nine-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Anthony Dillon (aged 27) Balcurris Road, Ballymun pleaded guilty to 12 robberies, possession of heroin valued at €15,000 for sale or supply, possession of an imitation firearm, assault causing harm and attempted robbery on dates between April 10, 2007 and January 7, 2008.