THEY ARE the dumb criminals who prove that criminal masterminds are a dying breed.
This week, Ireland's criminals showed there is nothing as thick as thieves,On Monday, two men were jailed for six years for robbing more than £123,000 in life savings from a pensioner in Cork, Instead of laying low, Malcolm Kelly (26) and Ger Ryan (31); were caught "drinking their way through the money" tile very next day.
Elsewhere, a Limerick criminal who posted photos of himself posing with an imitation firearm on Facebook pleaded not guilty to possession of a toy gun.
Thug Ian Flanagan (23),was jailed for seven months in Limerick District Court for possession of a fake handgun. The court heard how he had pointed the imitation firearm at gardai after they responded to a street brawl in Ballinacurra Weston in September 2011. In his evidence, he claimed the gun belonged to his younger brother who could have dropped it in the front garden of his home.
He said: "He plays with toy guns and Action Man and has a big box of toy guns.He wants to be a garda when he grows up." However,the thicko thug had uploaded an image of himself posing with a weapon on the interent.Sticking This exclusive photo- graph shows Flanagan holding the gun and sticking out his tongue while surrounded by his pals.
On Monday, Malcolm Kelly and Ger Ryan were jailed at Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to the raid.
The court heard how they were arrested after they tried to drink their way through €123,000 they had stolen from an 80-year-old man's home. Det Garda Padraig Reddington said the pair had found €123,OOO in cash at the house in Kanturk, Co.Cork, last October 14.After the theft they went to a hotel in Cork city where gardai were called as their party was so loud.Staff opened a safe in the room and, with officers present, a large amount of money was found. Judge Sean 0'Donnabhain jailed both men for six years. Ryan's sentence was suspended for the last year and Kelly's sentence was suspended for the last two years.
