Addict jailed for robbing 'up-johns' from Cork pharmacy weeks into suspended sentence

The court heard the two women working in the chemists at the time were stressed out by the incident. File photo: PA

A heroin addict in desperate need of opiate-type medication told a pharmacist he had a weapon under his jacket and didn’t want to use it but he needed ‘up-johns’.

Detective Sergeant Katrine Tansley said Darren Rice was a chronic addict and carried out the robbery at South Terrace pharmacy in Cork only two weeks after he got a suspended three-year sentence.