A man who previously won best dog handler at Crufts has been jailed for three knife point muggings.
Michael Geoghegan (36) also threatened to stab a garda who chased him down after the muggings in Swords, north Dublin.
Geoghegan of Ormond View, Swords Manor, Swords pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three counts of robbery and production of a knife at Rathbeale Road, Swords on August 18 last year.
He also admitted producing a large kitchen knife to intimidate and producing an iron drill bit and knife, while resisting arrest. The court heard Detective Sergeant Alan Flaherty eventually disarmed him using his baton.