'Black sheep of family' jailed for string of robberies on Dublin bookie shops

A chronic Dublin drug addict described as “the black sheep of his family” who carried out a string of robberies of bookies shops has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

Dean Reddington, (33) of Galtymore Road, Drimnagh, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three robberies committed between February 2016 and September 2017 at different bookmakers around Dublin.