IN three separate incidents of aggravated theft in the city, a man and a woman were assaulted and a second woman was threatened in the past week. A female assistant at a shop in the Catherine Street area was pushed to the ground and kicked when a thief entered the premises in search of money during busy shopping hours. At around 4.20pm on Saturday September 24, a male entered the shop wearing a dark hoodie and tracksuit bottoms and with his face concealed by a scarf.
Having pushed the employee to the floor, the raider kicked her in the leg, stole €700 and fled down Roches Street, taking a left onto O’Connell Street.
Gardaí are appealing for anyone in the area and who may have seen this male running away from the scene, to contact them.
In a second incident of aggravated theft from the person, an injured party was assaulted by two men on Quinn Street on Thursday night, September 22.
The man had been walking down South Circular Road when he noticed two males arguing.
In order to avoid them, he took a different route, but was followed by the men, who assaulted him and took a wallet from his back pocket.
One of the culprits was dressed in black with his hood up and the other was wearing a white top with black sleeves.
Both had Limerick accents.
Henry Street gardaí are appealing for information.
In a third case, on Wednesday, September 21, a male wearing a white Adidas hoodie, with the hood pulled up, entered a shop on Henry Street and threatened a female staff member at around 2.15pm.
The culprit demanded that the till be opened, and that the employee hand over her wallet, before leaving the shop on foot. Gardaí are appealing for anyone who was in the city at the time to contact them.
