He also received a concurrent four-and-half-year sentence for the armed robbery of his local credit union in which he threatened to kill two customers. The 46-year-old also pleaded guilty to the robbery of Capital Credit on St Luke’s Avenue in the city on 16th January 2013. He further pleaded guilty to threatening to kill or cause serious harm to two customers, one of whom was 83 years old, on the same occasion. Armed robberyIn the other incident, Conlon entered the credit union with a handgun and threatened to shoot while demanding cash. Conlon took €1,200 off the counter and ran out the front door.

Source: The Herald November 15, 2024 01:01 UTC