Armed bank robber sentenced to 12 years after €700,000 raid

An armed robber who carried out a “very well planned and organised” bank robbery of €700,000 has been given a 12-year sentence by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

John Foy (aged 47) and his co-accused Danny Hamill (aged 49) jammed an ATM machine to lure staff to the bank on a Saturday and then pushed their way into the premises heavily disguised and armed with loaded firearms.