A man accused of threatening a female employee with a blood-stained needle in a bid to rob a fast-food restaurant must remain in custody, a judge ruled today.
Steven McCabe, 24, allegedly held the needle to the woman s neck and demanded money at a branch of Subway in south Belfast .
Police claimed he said to her: Do you want hepatitis, you b ?
McCabe, of Great Victoria Street in the city, was refused bail on charges of attempted robbery and possessing an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard he allegedly went into the restaurant on the Dublin Road in August last year and approached a woman behind the counter.
Noah Donohoe laptop thief jailed for three months
He pleaded guilty to finding and stealing a rucksack containing the computer and schoolbooks on the day the boy went missing
Noah Donohoe
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A man who tried to pawn Noah Donohoe s laptop while searches for the Belfast teenager were ongoing has been jailed for three months.
Daryl Paul, 33, pleaded guilty to finding and stealing a rucksack containing the computer and schoolbooks on the day the boy went missing.
His lawyer described it as an opportunistic offence carried out by a thief who at no stage had any personal contact with Noah.
The 14-year-old s body was recovered from a storm drain in the north of the city in June last year, six days after he disappeared while on a bike ride.
A post-mortem examination established that he died as a result of drowning.
Man who tried to pawn Noah Donohoe s laptop amid searches for teen jailed
Daryl Paul, 33, pleaded guilty to finding and stealing a rucksack containing the computer and schoolbooks on the day the boy went missing
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