Corkman jailed for hitting and robbing vulnerable young man outside supermarket

The victim said the man followed him from the shop after approaching him twice while in Supervalu in Hollyhill

28-year-old Patrick Butler of 2 Gweedore Avenue, Mayfield, was jailed for six months for carrying out the robbery. File photo

A vulnerable young man was approached twice in a supermarket and asked for money and after he left the shop he was slapped on the face and robbed of €35 in cash.

28-year-old Patrick Butler of 2 Gweedore Avenue, Mayfield, was jailed for six months for carrying out the robbery.