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Mayo resident robbed pizzeria with chainsaw-wielding accomplice
Summary
A man from County Mayo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two robberies committed in the greater Dublin area in 2015. Craig Dempsey, now residing in Achill, admitted robbing Apache Pizza in Tallaght Shopping Centre on 6 September 2015 in company with an accomplice who carried an electric chainsaw. The court heard that approximately €2,535 was taken. Dempsey also pleaded guilty to robbing a Spar store in Ballycullen on 20 July 2015, during which he produced a broken bottle. The court was informed Dempsey committed the offences to settle a drug debt and that he had since relocated to Mayo away from negative influences. Following a positive probation report, Judge Melanie Greally imposed a probation bond for one year with strict conditions and adjourned finalisation until July 2018.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Mayo resident robbed pizzeria with chainsaw-wielding accomplice. Charges or matters: robbing Apache Pizza in Oldbawn Shopping Centre in Tallaght on September 6, 2015; robbing a Spar store at Old Court Shopping Centre in Ballycullen, Co Dublin and producing a broken bottle in the course of the offence on July 20, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 6, 2015 Incident
- July 20, 2015 Incident
- July 2018 Adjournment
- 2017-06-30 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: robbing Apache Pizza in Oldbawn Shopping Centre in Tallaght on September 6, 2015; robbing a Spar store at Old Court Shopping Centre in Ballycullen, Co Dublin and producing a broken bottle in the course of the offence on July 20, 2015 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At the original sentence hearing last December defence barrister, Sorcha Whelan BL, said Dempsey had a cocaine drug debt at the time of the offence. She said she would put Dempsey on a probation bond for one year during which time he would undergo probation supervision under strict conditions.; She had adjourned the case to give Dempsey one last chance to engage with probation services in Mayo. "The alternative, and it's not an alternative I relish, is to put you back in prison in Dublin in the company of all the people who brought you to the point you're at," she said.
Places mentioned
- Allenton Road
- Tallaght
- Achill Island
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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