Three years for taxi getaway thief

A robber who used a taxi from a nearby rank as his getaway car has been given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Glen Boyle (aged 23) with an address at Swan’s Nest Avenue, Kilbarrack, pleaded guilty to robbery of Xtravision in Donaghmede on January 23, 2008. He had 37 previous convictions which were all dealt with in the District Court.