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Man who forged learner driver permit jailed
Summary
Aaron Dunne, aged 21, of Grangeview Road, Clondalkin, Dublin, has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following convictions for document fraud and criminal damage. Dunne pleaded guilty to ten counts of possessing and using a forged learner permit licence between June and November 2012, having arranged for another person to sit his theory test and then altering the resulting licence with his own photograph. When gardaí seized the false document, Dunne reported it lost and obtained a replacement through a local garda station without the seizure being checked on the database. He was sentenced to two and a half years for the fraud offences. Dunne also pleaded guilty to criminal damage and producing a baseball bat during an incident at a restaurant near Rathcoole in January 2013, receiving an additional consecutive sentence of two and a half years with eighteen months suspended. Judge Mary Ellen Ring noted the extended period of false document use posed a danger to the public.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man who forged learner driver permit jailed. Charges or matters: ten counts of having and using a false learner permit driving licence at various locations in Clondalkin, Dublin and in Tullow, Co Carlow on dates between June and November 2012. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 2012 Incident
- June 2012 Other
- October 2012 Incident
- January 2012 Other
- January 15, 2013 Other
- January 15 Other
- January 2013 Other
- 2014-11-25 Publication
Why: Dunne's attempt to get the licence reissued a second time failed because Det Gda Traynor was present at the motor tax office when Dunne came in. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: ten counts of having and using a false learner permit driving licence at various locations in Clondalkin, Dublin and in Tullow, Co Carlow on dates between June and November 2012 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Mary Ellen Ring jailed Dunne for two and a half years for the fraud offences, after noting he has a prior history of using false driving licence documents. Judge Ring imposed a sentence of two and a half years, with 18 months suspended, for these offences.
Places mentioned
- Grangeview Road
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Naas road
- get to the nearest garda station
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