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Dublin. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2025-05-16 · Dublin
Ian Barry, 44, of Dublin 14, pleaded guilty to coercive control covering 2019‑2022. He verbally abused his wife, calling her names such as 'Adolf' and 'liar', and physically assaulted her by throwing objects, including a toilet roll, a TV remote, an office chair and a finger jab. Barry also exercised financial control, demanding she account for every penny, limiting her spending on a bank card, and insisting she use her part‑time income for groceries. He monitored her movements, using a Ring doorbell camera 32 times in one day after their separation, and observed her from a window while she worked from home. The court heard that he sometimes offered apologies but resumed abusive behaviour. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to a three‑year suspended term, citing mitigating factors and his good record, and warned that future harassment would lead to court action. The sentence was suspended on conditions. The victim's impact statement was not read aloud.
2025-04-03 · Dublin
A 52‑year‑old Kuwaiti man, Faleh Al Anisi, was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment, backdated to the day he entered custody on 24 May 2024, for assisting the entry of six non‑nationals into Ireland. He had travelled from Lisbon to Dublin, claiming the trip was a holiday but the court found the explanation implausible. At Dublin Airport he handed over his British passport, revealing his Kuwaiti origin, and later returned to customs to explain that he had flown from London to Lisbon the day before and then to Dublin. He admitted carrying a brown paper bag containing genuine passports of the six individuals, who had no documents and had arrived on the same flight from Lisbon. Al Anisi pleaded guilty to three counts of assisting the entry of a person in breach of Section 5 of the Immigration Act 2004.
2024-07-08 · Dublin
Chakib Baddaoui, a 40‑year‑old Dutch national, was sentenced to two years in prison for assault causing harm on his former partner in Dublin in 2015. He fled Ireland shortly after the offence, taking a new job in Amsterdam, and later married and had a child. He returned to Ireland in 2022, was granted bail, and travelled from Dubai for the sentencing hearing. He brought €10,000 in compensation to the court. The judge, Elva Duffy, noted that Baddaoui had no prior convictions and that the victim did not wish to give a victim impact statement. The sentence was read with Baddaoui and his wife becoming emotional. The judge suspended the final 12 months of the sentence for two years, back‑dating it to account for the six weeks he had spent in Spanish custody under a European Arrest Warrant. The effective custodial term is one year. The unnamed 40-year-old pleaded guilty.
2023-02-17 · Dublin
Luke Byrne, a 25-year-old plumber with no previous convictions, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine for sale or supply, where the drugs had a market value of €13,000 or more, and possession of the proceeds of crime. Judge Martin Nolan imposed a prison term of 27 months for each offence, to run concurrently. The judge departed from the mandatory ten-year sentence, citing Byrne's guilty plea, cooperation with gardai, admissions, and lack of prior convictions. Byrne admitted to holding cocaine and cash to settle a drug debt. While the judge accepted the debt narrative, he noted the case was not exceptional enough for a non-custodial sentence. The sentences are subject to review by higher courts. The report notes that the matter was adjourned for sentencing, which was subsequently carried out, but the finalisation status remains subject to appeal review.
2019-05-29 · Dublin
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, a Moldovan national, Constantin Cobzac, aged 25, received a two‑and‑a‑half‑year suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a woman at a Dublin house on 2 July 2018. The woman, who was in the kitchen when Cobzac attempted to kiss her, repeatedly told him "no" and pushed him away. After her friends left, he followed her to a bedroom, closed the door, lifted her onto the bed, and removed her trousers belt while lying on top of her. The incident lasted up to ten seconds. Cobzac pleaded guilty, admitted he was drunk, and claimed the woman had asked for a hug. He expressed remorse and cooperated with the investigation. Judge Melanie Greally, noting his lack of prior convictions and his cooperation, suspended the sentence on strict conditions, including 12 months of probation supervision and completion of one‑to‑one work to address his offending behaviour.
2018-02-21 · Dublin
A 36‑year‑old labourer, Aidan O'Hara, was sentenced to 27 months' imprisonment for assaulting his ex‑girlfriend, Jessica Ayodeji, in their car while driving around Dublin. The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that O'Hara, of Hand Caravan Park, dragged Ms Ayodeji back into the vehicle after she tried to escape at traffic lights, and that he had also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of a collision on the same day. The court noted that O'Hara had 14 prior convictions, including assaults, drug offences, burglary and criminal damage, and that he had a history of violent conduct toward partners. He was also banned from driving for two years. The judge highlighted that O'Hara had cooperated with Gardaí, shown remorse, and completed an alternative to violence course while in custody. The sentence was back‑dated to the time he entered custody in July 2017.
2018-02-19 · Carlow
A Carlow publican has received a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing €8,589 from his former employer at The Porterhouse Central on Nassau Street, Dublin. Brian O'Kane, aged 45 and of Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, admitted to taking between €50 and €60 nightly over a seven-month period from January to July 2015 by voiding till transactions and pocketing customer cash. The court heard O'Kane had experienced three family bereavements and a marriage breakdown preceding his offending. He disclosed he stole to fund alcohol consumption during this difficult period. Garda evidence outlined how stock discrepancies led to an investigation identifying O'Kane as responsible. Judge Gerard Griffin imposed the suspended sentence on three years, crediting O'Kane's early guilty plea, demonstrated remorse, and absence of prior convictions. The defendant has since repaid the full amount and begun working in a public house in Carlow.