2014-11-07 · Dublin
Suspended sentence for drug addict who tricked old school acquaintance into giving him a lift to robbery
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court case, 42‑year‑old Francis McGowan received a three‑year suspended sentence for robbing a Tesco Express store in Cabinteely on 25 June 2013. McGowan, a drug addict, had persuaded his old school acquaintance Alan Kane to give him a lift to the shop, asking only two euros for chewing gum. He entered the store…