Man 'caught up in mob mentality' jailed for wielding sledgehammer amid supermarket looting during Storm Emma

A man who wielded a sledgehammer as he took part in the looting of a local supermarket during the blizzards of Storm Emma last year has been jailed for 18 months.

Mohammed Smew (aged 26) was one of a number of people who had broken into the Centra store in Tallaght, Dublin when the shop had shut down in response to extreme weather conditions.