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Suspended sentence for criminal with 162 previous convictions caught with housebreaking tools 24 hours after release
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Christy Connors, aged 27, was given a suspended three‑year sentence after pleading guilty to producing a rod‑like device for burglary in Dun Laoghaire on 28 January 2015. Connors had 162 prior convictions and was caught with house‑breaking tools within 24 hours of his release on 9 January 2015. He had previously received a four‑year sentence in 2013, with the final year suspended, for assaulting an off‑duty Garda and stealing a handbag in 2011. Judge Melanie Greally, after hearing evidence and a probation report, imposed a suspended sentence and ordered 18 months of probation supervision. Garda Neill Doyle recounted spotting Connors with a whip‑like implement used to fish out car keys, leading to his arrest and pepper‑spray restraint. The court noted Connors' difficult background, his recent desire to reform, and his lack of family contact since 2008.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for criminal with 162 previous convictions caught with housebreaking tools 24 hours after release. Charges or matters: production of a rod like device to be used in a theft or a burglary in Dun Laoghaire on January 28, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 28, 2015 Incident
- January 2013 Incident
- February 2, 2011 Incident
- January 9, 2015 Adjournment
- January 26, 2015 Adjournment
- Christmas Incident
- 2016-12-13 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: production of a rod like device to be used in a theft or a burglary in Dun Laoghaire on January 28, 2015 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: In January 2013 Connors received a four year sentence with the final year suspended for assault of an off-duty garda and the theft of her handbag on February 2, 2011 at Cornelscourt Shopping Centre in Dublin. She said he had been applying his time in custody to "worthwhile pursuits" and imposed a three year sentence which she suspended in full.; Judge Melanie Greally had adjourned sentencing with Connors in custody to allow a probation report be prepared after hearing evidence in the case last March.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- High Court
- Harbour Road
- Charlemont Avenue
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