A WOULD-BE bandit is set to spend nine months behind bars after her "hare-brained" plot to hold-up a pharmacy ended in failure.
The 43-year-old woman entered a pharmacy in the Irish city of Cork, and presented a note to a pharmacy assistant (PA), claiming she had a gun and that she wanted drugs to be handed over.
The PA passed the handwritten message to the pharmacist on duty who calmly explained that he was calling the police and would not be dispensing any medications to her, prompting the aspiring thief to flee the scene empty-handed.
However, pharmacy staff spotted her entering a nearby house and directed police to the location where she was arrested.
Addressing Cork District Court yesterday, the woman's solicitor described his client's plot as "inept and ill-conceived" adding it was an "absolutely hare-brained idea, offensive as it was for the staff".
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