Limerick woman jailed for role in  'daylight robbery' of 61-year-old man

Judge O’Donnell denied counsel's request to have Hayes' sentence deferred by one week, saying that it was a 'very serious charge'

This type of 'daylight robbery' was now prevalent on Limerick’s streets, Judge O’Donnell said at Limerick Circuit Court. Picture: Dan Linehan

A woman has been jailed for 18 months for the "daylight robbery" of a 61-year-old man at his front door after following him home.

In one of Judge Tom O’Donnell’s final cases before he retired on Tuesday, he sentenced Kacey Hayes, aged 31, to 18 months in jail at Limerick Circuit Court on Tuesday for her part in the robbery of the man of a Nokia phone and €60.