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Suspended sentence for robber whose trousers fell down during chase

Date
2018-07-31

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Tallaght

County
Dublin

Summary

In a 2018 Dublin Circuit Criminal Court case, 24‑year‑old Daragh Brown was sentenced to a two‑and‑a‑half‑year suspended term for robbing a Centra shop at Old Bawn Shopping Centre, Tallaght, on 14 April 2017. Brown entered the shop armed with a knife, demanded money from the tills, and after failing to obtain cash fled with a quantity of John Player Blue cigarettes. He was pursued by two bread delivery men, Will Murray and Joe Daniel, who were stocking the shelves. During the chase Brown's trousers fell, revealing colourful boxer shorts, and he threatened the men with a knife, claiming that "ten lads" were waiting in a nearby estate. Gardaí, alerted by witnesses, described the robber and stopped him a short distance away on Allenton Avenue, where two packets of cigarettes and a knife were recovered. Brown pleaded guilty to robbery and making threats to kill.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for robber whose trousers fell down during chase. Charges or matters: robbery of cigarettes and making threats to kill the two bread delivery men at Old Bawn Shopping Centre, Tallaght on April 14, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

April 14, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
2018-07-31 Publication

Case subjects

Daragh Brown

Defendant

Charges: robbery of cigarettes and making threats to kill the two bread delivery men at Old Bawn Shopping Centre, Tallaght on April 14, 2017 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He suspended the sentence for two and a half years.