Young Corkman gets a year for robbing post office with wheel brace

The court heard there two other men involved in the robbery and they were desperate to gather money to pay a drugs debt

Nathan O’Connell was sentenced for his part in the robbery of Little Island post office. Photo: Jim Coughlan

A young man carrying a wheel brace during an armed robbery at a post office was jailed for one year today.

22-year-old Nathan O’Connell of Harbour Row, Cobh, County Cork, was sentenced for his part in the robbery of Little Island post office.