Homeless brothers sentenced for robbery spree with blood-filled syringe in Cork city

They carried out a robbery and three attempted robberies of shops in the city in 19 minutes

In one incident, a drop of blood from a syringe fell onto the counter of a shop as a raider threatened to stab the shopkeeper. File photo: iStock

A drop of blood from a syringe fell onto the counter of a shop as a raider threatened to stab the shopkeeper in a spree of crimes carried out by two brothers.

In another crime carried out in the 19-minute spree across four different Cork city shops the raider held a syringe and demanded the contents of the till saying: