Cork woman jailed for robbing vulnerable man on his way to church

Accused asked the injured party for some change and when he went to give her some coins and she took €20 from his pocket and then punched and kicked him, court heard

Injured party was a particularly vulnerable person with learning difficulties and had the intellectual capacity of a young teenager, court told. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork woman was jailed for a year for carrying out a robbery of a small amount of cash from a vulnerable man in his 60s who was making his way to a church in Cork City in the middle of the day.

Her accomplice was previously sentenced to 18 months for his part in the crime of robbery of €20 from the man at St Augustine Street, Cork, on March 5 2020.