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Pair jailed for their roles in robbery and stabbing of bus passenger and attack on taxi driver

Summary

Two men have been convicted and sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their involvement in a series of violent offences. Dylan Smith, aged 22, and Daniel Malone, aged 20, pleaded guilty to charges arising from incidents in August and September 2013. In August, they unlawfully seized a taxi on Tubber Lane, Lucan, and subjected the driver to false imprisonment, robbery, and serious assault. The victim sustained a skull fracture and multiple facial injuries. In September, Smith stabbed a bus passenger in the thigh during a robbery at Kylemore Road, Bluebell, and subsequently forced the victim to withdraw €200 from an ATM. Smith was sentenced to six years imprisonment with the final eighteen months suspended, to run consecutively with a sentence from Roscommon. Malone received four and a half years with the final eighteen months suspended. Smith has fifty-seven previous convictions; Malone had one prior conviction. Both defendants expressed remorse, with Smith having engaged in rehabilitation since entering custody.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Pair jailed for their roles in robbery and stabbing of bus passenger and attack on taxi driver. Charges or matters: unlawful seizure of a car and false imprisonment of a taxi driver on Tubber Lane, Lucan on August 21, 2013; robbery of Simon Hatch at Topaz Garage on the Kylemore Road, Bluebell on September 17, 2013; robbery only in relation to the September 17, 2013 incident. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 21, 2013 Incident
• September 17, 2013 Incident
• 2014-12-05 Publication

Why: He was told he was to get off the bus and when he tried to reason that he couldn't because he was on his way to work the robbers threatened to stay on the bus until then. CNI source report

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Topics

Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime

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