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Man to be sentenced for selling stolen car online

Date
2019-05-10

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Noel Ryan, 42, of Charleville Mall, Dublin, pleaded guilty to handling a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser and deception on 27 June 2016 and to unauthorized taking of a Ford Fiesta on 24 March 2017. He sold the stolen Land Cruiser on DoneDeal, arranging a meeting at Woodie's car park in Lucan where the buyer paid €11,600 after noticing marks on the car. The victim later learned the log book was false and that the vehicle had been stolen from Drogheda. Ryan also advertised the Fiesta on DoneDeal, met the buyer at Northside Shopping Centre, and stole the car after a test drive, taking the driver's licence and superimposing his own photo on it. He had 16 prior convictions, including aggravated burglary and robbery, and was on bail at the time of the offences. The case is pending sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with a probation report to be prepared before the hearing on 21 June.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man to be sentenced for selling stolen car online. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

June 27, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
March 24, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
June 21 Adjournment
2000 and 2014 Other
2019-05-10 Publication

Why: Garda Wallace agreed with counsel for Ryan that the accused had been well-known to gardaí because of his crack cocaine addiction, but that he had a 13-year period of not offending. CNI source report