Man to appear in court tomorrow after knifepoint robbery in Rathmines

A man will appear in court tomorrow morning in relation to a terrifying robbery in Rathmines yesterday evening.

According to gardai, the man threatened staff with a knife at a fast-food restaurant on the Lower Rathmines Road at 7:30pm.

After taking a sum of money the raider then made his getaway in a taxi, and was eventually apprehended when he was caught trying to cross the Dodder River.

In a statement released to Echo.ie, a garda spokesperson said: “A male in his 30s is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning following a robbery from a fast food premises yesterday evening.

“On Saturday the 4th of February at approximately 7.30pm a lone male entered a fast food premises on Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6.

“He approached a female cashier and threatened her with a knife. The culprit took a sum of money from the tills, left the premise in a Taxi and later got out at the Milltown Road. The cashier was uninjured.

“A number of Garda units responded to the robbery and the culprit was located attempting to cross the Dodder River.”

The man was arrested and brought to Rathmines Garda Station where he was detained under the provisions of Section 4 of The Criminal Justice Act 1984.

The man has been charged and is scheduled to appear before Court No. 4, The Criminal Courts of Justice at 10.30am tomorrow morning, charged in connection with the robbery.