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No jail for man who carried out "menacing" trespass while serving suspended drugs sentence
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Liam Black, aged 46, received a three‑year suspended sentence for trespass and theft after a 2015 incident where he shouted obscenities, smashed windows and brandished a golf club at his ex‑partner's home. The judge noted a significant change in his behaviour since his 2015 release from prison, where he had served five years for aiding cash van raiders and for possessing €70,000 of cocaine. Black had pleaded guilty to the 2015 trespass and theft, and had not attracted Garda attention since then. He had previously been sentenced to seven years for cocaine possession, with the final two years suspended, and had addressed his drug addiction and cared for his son and niece. The court deemed it not in the community's interest to return him to prison.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: No jail for man who carried out "menacing" trespass while serving suspended drugs sentence. Charges or matters: trespass and theft at The Griffiths, Prospect Hill, on December 6, 2015; possession of cocaine for sale or supply at his former home on St Attracta Rd, Cabra on November 11, 2009. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 6, 2015 Other
- November 11, 2009 Incident
- 2019-03-08 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: trespass and theft at The Griffiths, Prospect Hill, on December 6, 2015; possession of cocaine for sale or supply at his former home on St Attracta Rd, Cabra on November 11, 2009 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She sentenced him to three years fully suspended, saying it would not be in the interests of the community to send Black back to prison. The court heard that in 2010, Black had received a seven-year sentence with the final two years suspended and that the offence had been carried out in the early stages of the suspended part of his sentence.
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