Woman posed as escort to rob 'terrified' man 'who was expecting something different'

Judge Garavan said: “An armed robbery is what this was. This man must have been terrified.”

Counsel for Clara Chapman (pictured) said that while serving her current prison term, Ms Chapman has made great strides in education and addressing her addiction.

A Co Clare woman posing as an escort and armed with an imitation semi-automatic revolver robbed a "terrified" man of €300 after the two arranged to meet for paid sex, a court has heard.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Eoin Garavan jailed Clara Chapman, aged 27, of Church View, Miltown Malbay, for four years with the last 18 months of the prison term suspended. Judge Garavan described Chapman’s robbery as a “ruthlessly planned and a ruthlessly and efficiently executed” set-up and trap.