Patrick Browne remanded over assault and €1,050 robberies

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Patrick Browne was remanded in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 10 March 2015, after pleading guilty to assault causing harm and two robberies. The assault happened at Hickey’s Pharmacy in Dublin, where he stabbed Constantine Consier seven times after asking for a cigarette lighter, causing a punctured lung. The robberies involved €1,050 taken from a Daybreak shop on New Cabra Road on 24 December 2013.

Judge Martin Nolan ordered a prison-authorities report on how Browne would adapt to custody given his medical problems. He was remanded for two months pending sentence.