Robber who was introduced to drugs by parents as child gets 11 years

A serial robber who was “introduced to criminality” by his drug-addicted parents at the age of 10 has been sentenced to 11 years for robbing three of his local pharmacies.

Lee Boylan (aka Lee Black) (aged 31) of Smithfield Terrace, Smithfield, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five separate robberies between January 2012 and April 2012.