A drug addict who took part in an armed robbery was jailed for eight years yesterday. Robert Colgan (26), of Ashlawn Park, Ballybrack, pleaded guil ty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the robbery of £100 from the Central Dairy, Stephen Street, Dublin, on March 2nd, 1997.
Judge Kieran O'Connor said Colgan had previously installed computer equipment in banks and had a company car and a mortgage. Colgan blamed his six previous convictions on a recurring heroin problem.