Man jailed for robbery with knife

A MAN who held a family at knifepoint while searching their home has been given five concurrent nine year sentences for false…

A MAN who held a family at knifepoint while searching their home has been given five concurrent nine year sentences for false imprisonment and robbery by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Michael Roe (27), of Deanstown Park, Dublin, had earlier robbed a teenage member of the family in a laneway, tied him up and then used him to gain entrance to the house.