Robert Canning jailed for robbery and handling stolen vehicles

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Robert Canning was jailed for robbery and handling stolen vehicles at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 13 January 2015.

He received consecutive prison terms totalling 33 months after pleading guilty to robbing a Maxol station in Artane and handling three stolen vehicles.

The robbery involved threatening a heavily pregnant staff member with a kitchen knife before €450 was taken from the till.

The vehicles, including a Nissan Qashqai, BMW and Nissan Primastar van, were handled at his home in Beaumont.

Judge Martin Nolan accepted that Canning had a drug problem when imposing the sentence.