Louth man threatened workers at gunpoint during robbery
Hayden Crosbie, Moneymore, Drogheda, received concurrent sentences of six years for robbery and three years for each of producing a handgun and making a threat to kill or cause serious harm stemming from the incident at Maxol, Donore Road, Drogheda. He had signed pleas of guilty.
He was handed a further 21 months consecutive, the suspended portion of a previous sentence, after he failed to meet the conditions of the suspension.
The defendant was apprehended after leaving a fingerprint at the scene of the robbery which occurred on October 8, 2024, just two months after his release from the other sentence.
At 6.30am the driver was met by a Maxol employee and as the delivery was being unloaded they saw a man approach wearing a balaclava. His hood was up and he was pointing a gun at them.
The female staff member panicked and shut a door, leaving the driver in a room with Mr Crosbie for a couple of seconds. She pressed a panic button.
He was shouting, 'Give me the money' to which the other man replied, 'I'm the delivery guy'.
Nonetheless, he pointed the gun at his knees before going through the door and pointing the gun at the woman. She showed him the tills from which he took approximately €500 and ran out.
Det Gda Gerard Nixon who viewed CCTV footage of the incident on his arrival said that Crosbie held the gun in his right gloved hand. His left was ungloved. With this hand he touched the deli table.
The scene was preserved and Forensics was able to lift a fingerprint off the table.
The accused subsequently told investigators that he had a pellet gun. He didn't know where it was.
He did this for drugs and out of fear. He owed money.
"Sorry doesn't cut it. Of course I'm sorry. As far she knew it was a real gun.'
There were 65 previous convictions, including for robbery, burglary, theft, endangerment, criminal damage and trespass.
The woman made a Victim Impact Statement and said that she no longer felt safe. She was afraid it would happen again.
"He aimed a gun at me and threatened to shoot my knees.'
She endured flashbacks, panic attacks and couldn't sleep. She was on medication and said that the emotional impact would be felt for years to come.
Regarding the other matter, the court heard that Hayden Crosbie, a father of twins, received a three-year, three-month sentence for a burglary and unauthorised taking of vehicles, the final 21 months suspended on condition of Probation Service supervision.
A probation officer said that he missed six appointments.
Judge Dara Hayes said that these were serious offences. The defendant, masked and gloved, produced a gun and pointed it the victims 'with great deliberation'.
It was a significant step up from previous offending.
The judge remarked there was no evidential basis to suspend any portion of the sentences which were backdated to when Mr Crosbie went into custody on January 10 last.
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