Court archive
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2026-06-16 · Dublin
An on-bail criminal with 117 previous convictions has been jailed for robbing an iPhone after gardaí used the 'find my phone' feature to track him down. Carl McGuinness went to an ice-cream parlour in Ranelagh in South Dublin on the evening of February 11, 2025, carrying a hammer. He told the shop manager to open the till and banged the hammer on…
2026-03-25 · Dublin
Carl McGuinness was remanded in custody after being charged with robbing a staff member at a Ranelagh ice cream parlour. Gardaí told the court they tracked him using the location finder on the allegedly stolen iPhone 13 and found a hammer when they stopped him.
2026-03-03 · Dublin
Carl McGuinness received a ten-year sentence, with the final year suspended, for a series of vehicle thefts, dangerous driving and related offences in Dublin. Judge Martina Baxter also disqualified him from driving for ten years after noting his 106 previous convictions. Carl McGuinness pleaded guilty.
2019-12-11 · Dublin
Carl McGuinness, 24, was jailed for six years after a high‑speed pursuit in a stolen taxi that ended with a collision with a lamp post. While driving the van at dangerous speeds, he knocked a cyclist, James Byrne, onto the bonnet and threw him into the air, breaking Byrne's leg in two places. The incident also injured a woman, Carol Lacey, who…
2016-01-26 · Dublin
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 29 August 2015, 20‑year‑old Carl McGuinness pleaded guilty to making threats to kill a taxi driver and to possession of a syringe. McGuinness, who had 49 prior convictions, was found to have a blood‑filled syringe in his hand when he opened the passenger door of a taxi and threatened the driver twice.…