Christopher Coakley jailed for violent armed robbery in Dublin

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Christopher Coakley was jailed for six years for violent armed robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 8 December 2015.

The robbery happened at a Spar on Stiles Road, Clontarf, where an imitation gun was held to the manager’s head and she was dragged along the shop floor. Coakley also received concurrent sentences of two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half years for separate offences, including assaulting gardaí, threatening to kill Anne Walsh and threatening to damage her property.

The imitation gun was later found to be inauthentic, while the court was told that damage to the shutters amounted to €4,500. Coakley had pleaded guilty to the offences.