Man robbed shop minutes after buying soft drink and jellies

Stephen Kearney knew the shopkeeper well and had just had a conversation with her about how he was not long out of a prison and had come to visit his mother

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A man who returned to rob a shop where he had just bought a soft drink and a packet of sweets has been jailed for a year.

Stephen Kearney (35) knew the shopkeeper well and had just had a conversation with her about how he was not long out of a prison and had been “living down the country” but had come back to visit his mother.