Three West Claremen who have pleaded guilty to robberies at the home of a Cree pensioner who then cycled 30 miles through the night to check himself into a nursing home will be sentenced today.
68-year-old Michael McMahon has remained in care since the crimes two years ago.
In two separate robberies on February 21st and 25th, 2012, thieves targeted the remote home of Michal McMahon, two miles from the village of Cooraclare, and forced him to hand over a total of 7,000 euro in cash.
During the second crime, the criminals also saw bank books, outlining a substantial inheritance that the pensioner had received, and ordered him to withdraw 50,000 euro from the bank that they threatened to return for.
After they left, at around 1 a.m., Mr. McMahon gathered his belongings and cycled for eight hours and 30 miles into St. Joseph's Nursing Home in Ennis.
The bachelor was subsequently transferred to another nursing home where he remains today.
In Januray, 21 year-old Joseph Lernihan of Finnanon Park, Mullagh pleaded guilty to robbing Mr McMahon at Drumellihy West, Cree on both dates, while Shane Donnellan of Clohanbeg, Cree, Kilrush and Noel Garry of Tullycrine, Kilrush, both 20, pleaded guilty to robbery on the second night.
They're due before Ennis Circuit once more this morning where they will be sentenced.
