2023-01-31
Hatchet-wielding robber identified himself by boasting about distinctive runners
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Imposing sentence today, Judge Orla Crowe said Thompson had effectively identified himself to gardai during interview as he "made some boast about having this type of runners". Judge Crowe noted that Thompson was a juvenile at the time of this offence and handed him a three-year prison sentence, adding that she would have imposed a headline sentence of six years for an adult.