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Jail for Romanian man over DJ equipment scam

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Ovidiu Raducanu, aged 31, pleaded guilty to burglary at Mountjoy Square on 6 September 2013. He had staged a scheme to sell DJ equipment for €2,500, luring a victim into his apartment where he and two other men robbed the victim, who was briefly tied up and later freed. Raducanu denied the offence initially but admitted later that he had set up the victim. He claimed he had been threatened by the robbers, who had a knife, and that he had been offered a share of the proceeds but refused. Judge Patricia Ryan sentenced him to six years, suspending the final two years. Raducanu had 28 prior convictions and had previously paid €2,500 to the victim as a "practical expression of remorse.".

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for Romanian man over DJ equipment scam. Charges or matters: burglary at Mountjoy Square on September 6, 2013. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• September 6, 2013 Incident
• 2016-10-17 Publication

Why: A Romanian man who pretended to be selling DJ equipment in order to set up an acquaintance to be robbed has been jailed for four years. CNI source report

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Burglary Stage Sentence

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Read the original CNI report