Court hears man held 'growling Alsatian dog' to victim's face as he was robbed

A Roscommon man who used a growling Alsatian dog to rob a pedestrian on the Dublin quays will be sentenced later.

Patrick Conroy (aged 26), who has 156 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to participating in the violent robbery of the man on Arran Quay in Dublin in June 2014. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard he had being released on bail only days previously.