Man threatened to stab shop worker with syringe filled with red liquid, court hears

A man told a shop worker he had “the virus” and threatened to stab her with a syringe filled with red liquid unless she opened the till, a court has heard.

Michael Rooney Dignam (aged 38) of St Mark's Gardens, Clondalkin, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery at Centra, New Cabra Road, Dublin, on May 7. 2017.