Heroin addict gets seven years for robbery

A recovering heroin addict who robbed a man of his phone, cash and bank cards after his victim had invited him up to his hotel room has been given a seven-year sentence with the final three years suspended.

Colm Ryan (aged 23) of North King Street, Dublin 7, met the man, who had travelled from the west of Ireland for a training course, in a city centre fast food restaurant before they went back to his room in Jury’s hotel.