2026-03-11
Violent hammer-wielding burglar gets seven years
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She said the aggravated burglary warranted a headline sentence of 11 years, before she imposed a term of eight years, having taken into account Dunne's plea of guilty and the fact that he comes from a difficult background. Judge Crowe imposed concurrent sentences of four years for the other offences before suspending the final nine months of the eight-year term on strict conditions including that Dunne engage with the Probation Service for 18 months upon his release from prison.