A former HSE home care assistant who made knifepoint death threats during post office raids he carried out in order to raise money to visit his fiancée in the US has been jailed for four years.
Fintan Tindley of Loughmahon Avenue in Mahon, Cork, previously pleaded guilty to the robbery of South Douglas Road Post Office in Cork on November 11th 2022, attempted robbery of the same post office seven days later on November 1tth and robbing Ballintemple Post Office in Cork on November 16th 2022
Det Garda Kevin Motherway previously told the court that the 49 year old had travelled to the US twice in 2022 in order to visit a woman called Skye.