2019-06-28
Judge "not impressed" with immigrant who committed string of offences within month of arrival
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Constantin Bodgan Chirila (30), of Emmet Street, Dublin has several convictions for crimes including burglary, theft and possession of stolen property which were carried out in his first few months in Ireland. "It does not make it easy for other immigrants," said Judge Pauline Codd as she sentenced him to three and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the burglary of an apartment at Clonmore Villas, Ballybough on August 7, 2016. Suspending the final nine months of the sentence, the judge backdated it to November 23, 2017 when Chirila was first placed in custody in relation to another offence.