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Grandad told gardai he would have counterfeiting equipment "replaced in a week"

Date
2017-10-03

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Gregory Kearns, aged 44, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of illegally possessing false instruments and items that could be used to make false instruments. Gardaí found at his home a fake €50 note, fake bank statements, a fake driver's licence, a fake motor tax disc, scanners, laminators, a vehicle registration plate maker, gold and silver foil, a harp stamp, laminate strips and a circular cardboard template for making motor tax discs. Kearns, who lives with his wife, two children and a grandchild, told officers he would replace all the equipment within a week and that he had wiped the computers. He has seven previous convictions, including one for handling stolen property and several road traffic offences. The court heard he is a charity volunteer who has dressed as Santa Claus for sick children. Judge Karen O'Connor will sentence him next Friday, October 6.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Grandad told gardai he would have counterfeiting equipment "replaced in a week". Charges or matters: 14 counts of illegally possessing false instruments and items that could be used to make false instruments at his home on March 8, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

March 8, 2014 Incident
Friday, October 6 Other
2017-10-03 Publication

Case subjects

Gregory Kearns

Defendant

Charges: 14 counts of illegally possessing false instruments and items that could be used to make false instruments at his home on March 8, 2014 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Karen O'Connor will sentence Kearns, who is on bail, next Friday, October 6.