Anthony Gaffney jailed for 2016 service station robbery

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Anthony Gaffney was jailed for 18 months for the 2016 service station robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 16 April 2024.

Gaffney pleaded guilty to robbing a Topaz service station in Dublin on 22 June 2016. He failed to attend his sentence hearing and was later arrested after a bench warrant was issued. The judge noted his previous convictions pre-dated 2012 and that he had not reoffended since 2016.