Diarmuid Molloy jailed for robberies and knife offence

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Diarmuid Molloy was jailed for 12 years for robberies and a knife offence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 13 April 2025.

The offences included robberies at shops in Dublin, including Thomas Street Pharmacy and Brady’s Pharmacy, and an attempted robbery at Tesco, College Green. Molloy had pleaded guilty to three robberies and possessing a knife to intimidate a customer.

The court heard that he held a customer in a chokehold and threatened her with a knife during the Thomas Street Pharmacy robbery. The sentences for the three robberies were to run concurrently, but consecutively to a six-year sentence imposed the previous month, bringing the total to 12 years.