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Court reports mentioning the name James Kelly

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2025-02-17 · Dublin

'A great nuisance': hoax 999 caller avoids jail

James Kelly, 32, of Rochford Green, Blackrock, pleaded guilty to six charges of knowingly making false 999 calls between February 2021 and March 2023. He made over 30 bogus calls in two years, causing Gardaí to conduct house‑to‑house enquiries and review hours of CCTV footage, including five LUAS cameras. One call claimed an attempted armed…

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2015-07-27 · Galway

Remorseless abuser loses appeals against conviction and sentence

James Kelly, 59, from Cashel in Connemara, lost an appeal against his conviction and six‑year sentence for indecent assault on a boy aged six to ten between January 1976 and December 1979. He pleaded not guilty to 16 counts at Galway Circuit Criminal Court, but a jury found him guilty on all counts. Judge Rory McCabe imposed a net sentence of six…

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2015-06-04 · Limerick

Increased sentence for heroin addict who put knife to woman's throat during hijacking

James Kelly, a 25‑year‑old chronic heroin addict, was convicted at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court for false imprisonment, unlawful vehicle taking and robbery at Colbert Station on 4 May 2011. He pleaded guilty and was originally sentenced to six years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended. Prosecutors appealed, arguing the sentence…

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2015-04-23 · Limerick

Chronic heroin addict facing increased sentence for hijacking car and false imprisonment of woman

James Kelly, 25, a chronic heroin addict, was convicted at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court for false imprisonment, unlawful vehicle taking and robbery at Colbert Station on 4 May 2011. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended for seven years. The Director of Public Prosecution appealed, arguing the sentence…

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