Dublin man gets five years for robbing schoolkids with Stanley knife while on bail

A Finglas drug addict who used a Stanley knife blade to rob three school children of their smartphones has received a five-year prison sentence.

Robert Kinlan (aged 27) was on bail on the evening of April 23, 2013 when he met the young teenagers walking home. He told them to stand up against a wall and threatened to cut them with the blade if they didn't hand over their phones.