A 50-year-old gambler under pressure to repay loan sharks carried out an armed robbery at a garage threatening to kill a young man behind the counter if he did not hand over cash.
Judge Colin Daly gave Conor Murray, of 37 Avoncore Place, Midleton, Co Cork, a fully suspended two-year sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
Detective Garda Michelle Quinn testified she was on duty at 7.40pm on the Friday evening of September 25, 2021, when she responded to an alarm call about a robbery at Texaco garage in Knockgriffin, Midleton.
A 19-year-old working part time at the garage said a man arrived at the garage armed with a knife and threatened to kill him if he did not hand over cash from the tills. When some money was handed over, he made a …
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