Carl McGuinness jailed for Ranelagh ice cream parlour robbery

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Carl McGuinness was sentenced to three years and six months for robbery after pleading guilty to taking a shop manager’s iPhone from a Ranelagh ice cream parlour. The sentence is to run consecutively to part of a separate sentence he is serving for car-related offences.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that McGuinness entered the parlour carrying a hammer and tried to open the till, accidentally triggering a panic alarm. He took the manager’s phone and fled; gardaí used its “find my phone” feature to locate him nearby. The court heard that he made full admissions and said he took the phone to sell it to buy crack cocaine.