Shop worker left terrified by robber armed with machete

Accused remanded in custody at Cork Circuit Criminal Court

The man was charged with carrying out a robbery at a Circle K garage and producing a machete during the robbery.

A man who was never in trouble but who armed himself with a machete and lashed it down on the counter of a garage, terrifying the woman working there, was remanded in custody.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin remanded Jamie Quilligan, aged 24, previously of Chestnut Close, Mahon, Cork, and now living in Glanmire, Cork, in custody until May 17 on the charge of carrying out a robbery at Circle K garage, Blackrock Rd, Cork, at 5.30pm on November 17, 2019, and production of a machete during the robbery.