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"Opportunistic criminal" robbed €25k after walking from District Court on suspended sentence
Summary
Gary Kinlan, 42, with 129 prior convictions, was sentenced to three years after robbing a cash‑in‑transit driver of €25,000 on 3 December 2018. The robbery occurred after Kinlan left Dublin District Court, where he had just received an eight‑month suspended sentence for another offence. While the driver was returning a cash box to his van, Kinlan, carrying nail clippers, threatened him with a metal object he claimed was a knife. The driver, fearing for his safety, dropped the box; Kinlan seized it and fled. Witnesses photographed him carrying the cash, and Gardaí were alerted by members of the public. Kinlan was arrested after attempting to evade officers, and a set of keys and nail clippers were seized. He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, and the judge, noting his drug and alcohol issues and the opportunistic nature of the crime, imposed a three‑year sentence back‑dated to December 2018.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: "Opportunistic criminal" robbed €25k after walking from District Court on suspended sentence. Charges or matters: robbery of the cash box at Crown Alley, Temple Bar, on December 3, 2018. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 3, 2018 Incident
- December 2018 Incident
- 2019-07-22 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: robbery of the cash box at Crown Alley, Temple Bar, on December 3, 2018 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Quinn imposed a three-sentence which he backdated to December 2018. He asked the court to structure a sentence which afforded Kinlan the opportunity for rehabilitation.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin District Court
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Summerhill
- Summerhill Place
- Dublin
- Parnell Street
- O'Connell Street
- Kings Inn Street
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