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Chronic addict lifted over €10k in goods from city shops

Date
2019-02-28

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin City

County
Dublin

Summary

Eddie McEvoy, 34, was sentenced to two years in prison for a series of thefts in Dublin's city centre that totalled over €10,000 in goods, including perfume, cosmetics, alcohol and scratch cards. He pleaded guilty to eight thefts and one trespass with intent between 13 October 2017 and 26 January 2018. McEvoy's counsel described the offences as opportunistic and driven by a chronic addiction to crack cocaine, heroin, tablets and benzos, noting he was now drug‑free except for methadone. Judge Melanie Greally imposed a three‑year sentence with the final 12 months suspended, citing the accumulation of 204 prior convictions, up from 145 a year earlier. The court heard that McEvoy had lost a lung in 2016 due to an overdose and that he had been captured on CCTV during several of the thefts, including a €6,000 haul of scratch cards from a Londis staff room.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Chronic addict lifted over €10k in goods from city shops. Charges or matters: eight separate counts of theft and one of trespass with intent, on dates between October 13, 2017 and January 26, 2018. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

October 13, 2017 Incident
January 26, 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
November 13, 2017 Incident
November 21 Other
January 15 2018 Other
12 November Other
January 26 2018 Other
October 27 Hearing Or Sentence
2019-02-28 Publication

Case subjects

Eddie McEvoy

Defendant

Charges: eight separate counts of theft and one of trespass with intent, on dates between October 13, 2017 and January 26, 2018 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Eddie McEvoy (34) described the spate of thefts carried out within a three-month period as opportunistic and on soft targets. "He's a man who tends to go through open doors," said defence barrister Keith Spencer BL, at a sentence hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Today Judge Melanie Greally imposed a three-year sentence with the final 12 months suspended.