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A Dublin man has been jailed for three years for a mugging three people at knife-point during a rampage in Swords.
Michael Geoghegan of Ormond View, Swords Manor, Swords, also threatened to stab a garda who chased him down afterwards.
Geoghegan carried out the muggings on three random women at about 9am on the morning of August 18th last year.
One woman was on her way to work when he came up behind her and put his arm around her neck.
She saw the blade of his knife and gave him whatever cash she had on her.
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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.