A Dublin criminal has been jailed for six years for his role in attempting to steal €855,000 from a cash-in-transit van in Co Kildare.
Jeffrey Morrow (27) of Hazelcroft Road, Finglas pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiring with others to commit the robbery at Tesco, Shackleton Road, Celbridge on November 2nd, 2007.
Five men were arrested at the scene and some are to stand trial next March. They cannot be identified due to a court order.
A sixth man, Darryl Caffrey, was sentenced to three years last January for supplying inside information to the gang through his role as a cash van worker for Chubb Ltd.
Sentencing Morrow, Judge Patrica Ryan said she had to mark the “very serious nature of the offence” but took into account his plea of guilty.
Morrow is currently serving a five year sentence for offences committed before the attempted theft.
Morrow has 80 previous convictions and was jailed for five years last March for possession of a shotgun, cocaine and a garda baton and radio. A garda told the court on that date that the man he may have been holding the gun for was later murdered.