Ciaran Kenny jailed for Crumlin meat-cleaver robbery

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Ciaran Kenny was sentenced to three and a half years, with the final nine months suspended, for robbery and producing a meat cleaver at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 29 November 2016.

The offence happened at a Spar shop in Crumlin, Dublin, where two armed men threatened staff and stole nearly €400.

Kenny pleaded guilty and was arrested after being spotted by a Garda helicopter hiding in a nearby back garden.

The suspended portion was conditional on his engagement with the Probation Service.