2019-05-21
"A never ending cycle of offending and addiction and homelessness": man who stole from Trócaire boxes
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Cathal McGreal BL, defending Lumsden, said his client had been diagnosed with 'institutional neurosis' due to his long history of imprisonment and submitted that he was someone who could not cope outside of prison.; She remanded him in custody on condition that he be transferred directly to Coolmine Therapeutic Community and that he remain in residence there until the completion of a treatment programme.