Jail for 'cowardly' man who left pensioner, 81, lying 'helpless' on ground after robbing handbag

A Dublin man who left a pensioner lying “helpless” on the ground after robbing her handbag in a “cowardly, exploitative and opportunistic” offence has been jailed for one and a half years.

Anthony Graham (28) of Dunsink Road, Finglas, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbing then 81-year-old Rita Murphy of her handbag containing her pension money, reading glasses, keys and groceries at St Margaret's Road, Finglas, on January 6, 2018.