Corkman accused of post office raids to fund US trip to visit fiancee further remanded in custody

Accused is in custody with consent to High Court bail but the conditions include a €5,000 surety and cash bail of €500 and so far that has not been raised

Accused is charged with robbery of South Douglas Road Post Office on November 11, attempted robbery of the same premises on November 18 and robbery of Ballintemple Post Office on November 16. Picture: Denis Minihane.

A man accused of carrying out three post office raids to get money to travel to America to meet his fiancee spent the holiday period in jail and now he has been remanded in custody for a further four weeks.

Fintan Tindley, of Loughmahon Avenue, Mahon, Cork, appeared again at Cork District Court by video link from prison, where he consented to being remanded in custody for a four-week period.