Six years for syringe raid

A drug addict who traumatised shop staff with a bloody syringe during a robbery has received a six year sentence with two suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Karl Valentine (aged 38) covered his face with a scarf, entered Centra on Ballinteer Road, Dublin holding a syringe and told staff: “Give me the money, I want all of it. I have the virus and I’ve nothing to lose.”