2024-01-22
Jail for 'ringleader' of Dart phone robbery gang
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Imposing sentence today, Judge Dara Hayes said the four teenagers had the "extraordinary misfortune to meet Jones and his acquaintances" while making their way home from Dun Laoghaire. The investigating garda agreed with Justin McQuade BL, defending, that Jones's earliest release date for his current sentence is next October.