Credit Union staff member recalls window being smashed
A terrified Credit Union staff member recalled how he heard an ‘enormous bang and my driver’s door glass smashed’ as the terrifying incident unfolded.
Pat Bellew told the court how the raider reached across him towards the front passenger seat where he had put the evening’s takings.
The man then ran around the front of the car and opened the passenger door. Mr Bellew said: ‘I wasn’t staring at him, I didn’t want to.’
The man took the bag and some envelopes and then opened the back doors where Mr Bellew had left a laptop bag which he later discovered was missing. Mr Bellew didn’t hear the robber say anything.
When he realised the raiders were gone he got out of his car and saw Detective Garda Joe Ryan who appeared ‘agitated’ and seemed to be struggling to get through to garda control.
When Mr Bellew saw Det Gda Donohoe on the ground he presumed he was dead.
Mr Bellew had a cut on his face from the smashed glass and was treated by emergency personnel at the scene.