2020-06-24
Serial burglar gets 12-year sentence for 'gross violation' of family home
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: In December 2013 he was serving a suspended sentence for a 2012 handbag snatch at Howth DART station, during which he threatened people with a knife. Judge Codd re-activated this sentence but suspended it again for three years on condition he engage with the Probation Services and be of good behaviour.