Addict sent to prison for robbing 1,000 tablets from Douglas pharmacy

The court heard that the man from Youghal carried out the robbery to clear a drug debt

The court heard that Ross Pardy produced a kitchen knife in the pharmacy during the robbery, but did not brandish it. File photo

A 38-year-old man who carried out the robbery of 1,000 tablets from a pharmacy in Douglas now faces approximately one year in prison.

Ross Pardy of Redbarn holiday cottages, Youghal, County Cork, was sentenced on the charge which states that at Lynch’s pharmacy Broadale, Maryborough Hill, Douglas, Cork, he carried out the robbery of 1000 Amitriptyline tablets valued €140 on February 28.