Robber leaves trail of green dye after stealing an empty cash-in-transit box, court hears

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Isabel Hayes

A robber who stole an empty cash-in-transit box at knife-point left a trail of green dye leading to his mother's flat across the road after he tampered with it, a court has heard.

Leon Byrne (27) engaged in an “unsophisticated” operation when he robbed the tamper-proof box from a Brinks security guard at a Dublin petrol station in February 2022 before bursting it open, leaving identifying green dye in the wake of his escape, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.