PRISON SENTENCE FOR TUAM MAN FOR ROBBERY

Date Published: 28-Nov-2007

One of three youths who robbed a man in Roscam last year as he walked home after a day at the Races has been given a prison sentence at Galway Circuit Criminal Court Judge Raymond Groarke says he wants to think about the sentence for the second accused while the third is a juvenile Ringleader 20 year old Shane Mannion of Silvercrest, Togherbeg, Tuam, who works in a local engineering business, pleaded guilty to robbing the victim of his mobile phone in RoscamHis co-accused, 26 year old Gary Taylor whose unemployed and from Ballinakilla, Togher, Tuam also pleaded guiltyThe court heard a juvenile who was initially charged with the robbery is to be dealt with under the Juvenile Liaison Scheme