2 charged with robbing student

Two Dublin men appeared in court yesterday following an incident in which a young Spanish student received serious leg injuries…

Two Dublin men appeared in court yesterday following an incident in which a young Spanish student received serious leg injuries when she was run over by a motorcycle.

Mr John Kelly (27) and Mr Francis Canning (19), both of Carnlough Road, Cabra, are charged with stealing a handbag belonging to a 23-year-old Spanish woman at Leinster Street, Phibsboro, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Both men were remanded in custody with consent to independent bail of £700 to appear again in Dublin District Court in one week's time.

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