Corkman jailed for robbing same shop seven years after initial robbery

The shopowner said: “The same male who robbed us in 2015 was the same male who carried out the robbery on April 8, 2022. This has made me question the judicial system in our country."

32-year-old Martin Doyle of Mount Eden Rise, off Blarney Street, Cork, was jailed for three years for the most recent robbery. File picture: Larry Cummins

A small shop in Cork city centre was robbed in April 2015 and then in April last year the same raider returned with a blade and carried out another robbery at the same store.

32-year-old Martin Doyle of Mount Eden Rise, off Blarney Street, Cork, was jailed for three years for the most recent robbery. Judge Colin Daly imposed a sentence of four years with the last year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.