Cork shop worker chased young drug addict during attempted robbery, court told

The 18-year-old allegedly tried to rob the store with a pair of scissors

The teenager said at Cork District Court that with the support of a member of his family he had repaid that debt.

A teenager produced a scissors in the course of an attempted robbery at a Cork store on Old Youghal Road in Cork, it was alleged yesterday.

Detective Garda Brian Holland testified at Cork District Court during Trevor O’Sullivan’s bail application that at 4.50pm on Tuesday, November 24, there was an attempted robbery at the XL Gala store on Old Youghal Road.