ROMANIAN MAN JAILED FOR LOUGHREA POST OFFICE ROBBERY

Date Published: 29-Feb-2012

A 31 year old Romanian man charged in connection with a post office robbery in Loughrea over two years ago, has been jailed for three years.

Father of seven, Ilie Mihai, with an address at Swiftbrook Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin was sentenced before Galway Circuit Criminal Court.

Last December, a jury convicted Mihai of burglary by entering Byrne’s Shop and Post Office at Kilrickle, Loughrea as a trespasser on November 2nd, 2009 and stealing a safe.

His thumb prints were found on two items at the scene of the robbery which occurred when a gang of up to five Romanians entered the shop.