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Violent robber jailed after string of offences

Date
2019-07-29

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury trial, Daniel Dos Santos, 24, was found guilty of robbing a Spanish restaurant worker of a mobile phone and a bottle of wine. The jury returned an 11‑1 verdict. Dos Santos also pleaded guilty to burglary, criminal damage to a house in Churchtown, and unlawful carriage in a vehicle, for which he received suspended sentences. The robbery occurred on 10 May 2016 when Dos Santos, accompanied by a second man, grabbed a Spanish waitress on Bridge Street and struck her in an unprovoked, violent attack. The judge noted he was not the prime mover. The victim's impact statement described lasting fear and financial loss. Dos Santos was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for the robbery, with consecutive terms of two and a half years for burglary and one year for unlawful carriage, all suspended for three years upon release.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Violent robber jailed after string of offences. Charges or matters: other crimes committed while on bail for the robbery, including the burglary and criminal damage of a house in Churchtown and unlawful carriage in a vehicle, for which he received suspended sentences; allowing himself be unlawfully carried in a vehicle on October 10, 2018 which was driven at a garda patrol car before crashing in Leopardstown. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

May 10, 2016 Incident
January 26, 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
October 10, 2018 Incident
May 20 Incident
2019-07-29 Publication

Why: Sentencing Dos Santos to consecutive terms of two and half years for the burglary and one year for unlawful carriage because they were committed while on bail, Judge Ní Chúlacháin suspended them for a period of three years on his release from prison. CNI source report

Case subjects

Daniel Dos Santos

Convicted Person

Charges: other crimes committed while on bail for the robbery, including the burglary and criminal damage of a house in Churchtown and unlawful carriage in a vehicle, for which he received suspended sentences; allowing himself be unlawfully carried in a vehicle on October 10, 2018 which was driven at a garda patrol car before crashing in Leopardstown (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: She sentenced him to four years for the robbery of the mobile phone and bottle of wine backdated to when he was placed in custody on May 20, last.