MAN JAILED FOR BALLINASLOE ARMED ROBBERY

Date Published: 25-Feb-2011

A young man has been jailed for two years for his part in an armed raid at a supermarket in Ballinasloe last April.

21-year-old Niall Lynch of number 5 Aonach, Ballinasloe was one of three men who pleaded guilty to the robbery.

The court heard that Niall Lynch went into Concannon's Supermarket in Brackernagh at around 8.30pm on April 18th last year.

He was accompanied by 18-year-olds Stephen Hodgins and Thomas Finnerty.

The other two men have been given a chance to prove themselves to the court.