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Criminal robbed bookmakers with gun note
Summary
Gary Simpson, aged 29, was jailed for four and a half years after robbing several bookmakers in Dublin in November and December 2015. He used a note under the counter claiming he had a gun, leaving the note with his fingerprints. Simpson had previously been convicted 112 times and had a suspended five‑year sentence for earlier robberies. He was on bail for those offences when he committed the bookmaker robberies. The court noted he had completed a residential drug rehabilitation course and reactivated the suspended portion of his earlier sentence, imposing a concurrent total sentence of six years with the final 18 months suspended. He was captured on CCTV during all incidents and admitted the crimes during a Garda interview. Gary Simpson pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Criminal robbed bookmakers with gun note. Charges or matters: four robberies and two attempted robberies at bookmakers and a Post Office in Drumcondra, Whitehall, Ballymun and Parnell Street on dates in November and December 2015; an attempted robbery at a bus stop on the Swords Road and burglary of a purse from a staff room at Starbucks, Omni Shopping Centre in August 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 2015 Incident
- August 2014 Incident
- March 2013 Incident
- June 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 27, 2015 Other
- December 2, 2015 Incident
- 2017-04-07 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: four robberies and two attempted robberies at bookmakers and a Post Office in Drumcondra, Whitehall, Ballymun and Parnell Street on dates in November and December 2015; an attempted robbery at a bus stop on the Swords Road and burglary of a purse from a staff room at Starbucks, Omni Shopping Centre in August 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The court heard that in March 2013 Simpson received a five year sentence with the final three years suspended for robberies. He was released in June 2014 and was on the suspended portion of that sentence when he committed these latest offences.
Places mentioned
- Cunningham Road
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Parnell Street
- Swords Road
- Lower Drumcondra Road
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