An elderly Ennis man threatened at gunpoint during an armed raid at a local bookmakers has described how he took cover for fear shots were fired.
75 year old Jimmy Cox was one of two customers in Ladbrokes on The Turnpike when two men armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a knife entered the premises shortly after seven thirty on Saturday night.
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The gang threatened staff before making their escape with a sum of money and Gardaí are now appealing for information on their getaway car, A silver Audi, founded abandoned a short distance away.
Speaking to Clare FM, Jimmy Cox says he was more surprised than shock by the ordeal as he says it happened so fast
