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Crack addict threatened shopkeeper with screwdriver

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 22 May 2019, Eoin Comerford, aged 33, was found guilty of producing an article capable of inflicting serious harm after a series of incidents at two Dublin shops on 10 August 2018. The first incident occurred at the Gala shop on East Wall Road, where Comerford was caught tampering with sweets and, after being asked to stop, threatened the shopkeeper with a screwdriver and called her a "fucking prostitute." He spat at her and, when her husband tried to escort him out, he threatened to burn the shop down. In a second incident at a premises on Amiens Street, he threatened a security guard with the screwdriver, saying he would "stick this in your neck" if the guard tried to hold him again. The court noted that Comerford had 169 prior convictions, including burglary, robbery, drug dealing and assault, and that he had a history of heroin and crack cocaine addiction.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Crack addict threatened shopkeeper with screwdriver. Charges or matters: producing an article capable of inflicting serious harm at the Gala shop on East Wall Road, Dublin 3 on August 10, 2018. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 10, 2018 Incident
• October 1 Adjournment
• 2019-05-22 Publication

Case subjects

Places mentioned

Topics

Burglary Drugs Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime

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