2024-01-25
Serial offender who threw paint on Luke Kelly statue is jailed
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) By Sonya McLean and Eimear Dodd A serial offender who threw blue paint on a Luke Kelly statue, causing €240 worth of damage, has been jailed for nine months Drug addict Michael Dunne (50), who was living in homeless accommodation at the time, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to criminal damage on July 12, 2020. Judge Orla Crowe today handed Dunne a sentence of 18 months, with the final nine months suspended on strict conditions.