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Court reports mentioning the name Christopher Coakley

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2023-06-19 · Dublin

Violent criminal Coakley gets eight years for brutal scissors attack on doctor

Christopher Coakley, 31, with 124 prior convictions, was sentenced to eight years in prison for a pre‑meditated, brutal attack on a doctor in Dublin's north inner city. Coakley approached the doctor, who was travelling on a motorised scooter, and stabbed him repeatedly with scissors, targeting the head, neck, chest and stomach. The victim, a…

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2023-06-07 · Dublin

Criminal with 124 previous convictions knocked doctor from scooter, stabbed him seven times

In a Central Criminal Court hearing, 31‑year‑old Christopher Coakley pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a doctor on Seville Place, Dublin, on 28 January 2021. Coakley, who had 124 prior convictions, knocked the doctor from his e‑scooter, then stabbed him seven times with a pair of scissors. The victim, a…

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2017-11-10 · Dublin

Cousin of murdered Hutch gets suspended sentence for violent robbery with imitation firearm

Derek Hutch, a first cousin of the late Gary Hutch, was sentenced by Judge Patricia Ryan to a four‑year term for possession of an imitation firearm and robbery of a Spar shop on Styles Road, Clontarf, on 11 June 2015. The sentence was suspended on a number of conditions after the court noted that Hutch had made "trojan efforts" in rehabilitating…

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2016-12-21 · Dublin

Relative of slain Gary Hutch charged with shop robbery

A first cousin of the late Gary Hutch, Derek Hutch, appeared in court charged with holding up a Spar shop on Styles Road, Clontarf, on 11 June 2015. He and accomplice Christopher Coakley used an imitation firearm to threaten the shop manager, demanding the alarm code. Gardaí apprehended them a few hours later in an empty house near the robbery…

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2016-12-19 · Dublin

Criminal hijacked nurse's car while in "drug-induced psychosis"

Christopher Coakley, aged 25, was sentenced to six years in prison for hijacking a nurse's car while in a drug‑induced psychosis. The incident occurred early on 6 April 2015 near Temple Street Hospital when Coakley forced a nurse to hand over her keys, then reversed the vehicle without lights, later colliding with another car. The nurse's car was…

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2015-12-08 · Dublin

Violent criminal jailed for armed robbery where imitation gun was pointed at victim's head

In a 2015 armed robbery at a Spar on Stiles Road, Dublin, Christopher Coakley (24) and an accomplice forced the manager to give them the shop keys, dragging her along the aisles while an imitation gun was held to her head. The robbery involved the alarm being triggered and the victim being held by the neck and pulled to deactivate it. Coakley…

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2015-03-27 · Mountjoy, Dublin

Addict who hijacked woman's car with child on back seat given "chance" to engage in drug rehabilitation

Christopher Coakley, a 23‑year‑old heroin addict, pleaded guilty to unlawfully seizing a woman's car with her child in the back seat on 5 August 2012. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Desmond Hogan on 25 February 2013. The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed, arguing that the judge had not fully considered Coakley's 92…

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2015-02-06 · Mountjoy, Dublin

Addict facing increased sentence for hijacking car with child in back seat

Christopher Coakley, a 23‑year‑old heroin addict, pleaded guilty to unlawfully seizing a woman's car with her child in the back seat on 5 August 2012. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Desmond Hogan on 25 February 2013. The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed, arguing that the judge had not adequately considered…

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