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Valet worker stole three cars from former employer

Date
2016-10-26

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Gerard Walsh, 38, pleaded guilty to burglary at the Liffey Valley valet service where he had worked. He admitted that a drug dealer had urged him to break into the premises to recover car keys and vehicles to pay a drug debt. Walsh and an accomplice forced entry, breaking three locks to reach the office where six sets of keys and three cars – a Volkswagen Touran, a Volkswagen Passat and an Audi A6 Avant – were taken. Two cars were recovered; the third was found a year later, costing the owner an estimated €3,500. The court heard that Walsh had previous convictions for public order and theft, dealt with 15 years earlier. Judge Melanie Greally accepted that Walsh was under personal hardship, allowing an adjournment to April 28 for him to raise compensation.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Valet worker stole three cars from former employer. Charges or matters: burglary on March 20, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

March 20, 2015 Incident
April 28 Adjournment
2016-10-26 Publication

Why: A man who stole three cars from a valet service he had previously worked for, in order to pay off a drug debt, will be sentenced next April. CNI source report