2016-12-07
"It's not me, it's the addict in me": burglar who kicked and robbed 12-year-old of his savings
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan said the normal sentence he imposed for a house breaking was two years but that this was a particularly serious offence. "If it was an ordinary burglary on an unoccupied house that would be one thing. He imposed a three and a half year sentence after noting that the robbery left the boy terrified and hysterical.