Man pepper-sprayed and beat man with cerebral palsy before stealing his phone

Phillip McCabe, 22, and an accomplice also stole a purse and iPhone from a Spanish woman on the same date, court heard

Philip McCabe pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of robbery on March 3, 2019, at separate locations on Malahide Road, Clontarf, and Collins Park, Donnycarney.

A man who pepper-sprayed and beat a man with cerebral palsy before stealing his phone has been jailed for five and a half years.

Phillip McCabe, 22, and an accomplice also stole a purse and iPhone from a Spanish woman on the same date.