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19/02/2008
Irishman Due To Be Sentenced for US Robbery
A 27-year-old man from Co. Clare is due to be sentenced today for an armed robbery committed in the US two years ago.
Niall Clarke, a graduate from Trinity College, was arrested shortly after committing the robbery at the branch of the Bank of Central America in Bangor, Maine, in October 2006.
He has been held on remand in Cumberland County Jail since pleading guilty to the robbery.
His family have claimed that Mr Clarke was mentally ill when he carried out the robbery.
(KMcA)
Niall Clarke, a graduate from Trinity College, was arrested shortly after committing the robbery at the branch of the Bank of Central America in Bangor, Maine, in October 2006.
He has been held on remand in Cumberland County Jail since pleading guilty to the robbery.
His family have claimed that Mr Clarke was mentally ill when he carried out the robbery.
(KMcA)
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