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Limerick addict who threatened women with blood-filled syringe jailed
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A DRUG addict who robbed two women after threatening them with a blood-filled syringe during the first Covid lockdown has been jailed for five years.
Jonathon Higgins, 34, of no fixed abode was before Limerick Circuit Court in relation to an incident in Limerick city centre on May 15, 2020.
Giving evidence during a sentencing hearing, Detective Garda Chris McGrath said the women – aged in their 30s and 50s – were walking home at around 10.30pm having finished work at a restaurant.
“It was during the first lockdown, the streets were deserted,” commented John O’Sullivan BL, prosecuting.