Four people were jailed today for their roles in the robbery of over £50,000 from a shop owner before Christmas last year.
Judge Elizabeth Dunne sentenced Jeffery Mitchell to six years in jail for his role in the robbery.
Two others, Paul Atkinson and Daniel Rogers, were sentenced to three years and the store manager, Ciara Nolan, was jailed for 12 months for her part in the crime.
Mr Daniel McKeagney, who owned the Perfume Shop in the Square shopping centre, was robbed of £52,109 as he sat in his car at traffic lights on the Tallaght by-pass. He was transporting the money to his other shop in Stephen's Green when the incident occurred.
Mitchell ran up beside the car and smashed the passenger seat window with a hammer and snatched the bag. He ran back to a waiting car but was stopped by armed gardaí who had been conducting a surveillance operation all morning.
Atkinson, who was waiting in a stolen car, took off at high speed but was apprehended a short time later. Gardaí had earlier observed Mitchell and Atkinson sitting in a different car with Rogers, who was operating a garda scanner.
Nolan was arrested later that afternoon after gardai learned she had facilitated the robbers by informing them of the movements of her boss, Mr McKeagney, with the money that morning.
Mitchell (29), from Monasterboice Road, Crumlin, Atkinson (24), of Maelruans Park, Tallaght, Rogers (23), of Millbrook Lawns, Tallaght and Nolan (23), of Glenview Park, Tallaght, all pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery on December 8th, 2001.
Mitchell, who has 19 previous convictions, absconded from Dublin Circuit Criminal Court two weeks ago. He was arrested in Drogheda after four days on the run.