2016-12-13
Suspended sentence for criminal with 162 previous convictions caught with housebreaking tools 24 hours after release
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: In January 2013 Connors received a four year sentence with the final year suspended for assault of an off-duty garda and the theft of her handbag on February 2, 2011 at Cornelscourt Shopping Centre in Dublin. She said he had been applying his time in custody to "worthwhile pursuits" and imposed a three year sentence which she suspended in full.; Judge Melanie Greally had adjourned sentencing with Connors in custody to allow a probation report be prepared after hearing evidence in the case last March.