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Woman with 112 previous convictions handled €11k in stolen handbags

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court case, Margaret Connors, 26, pleaded guilty to handling stolen property on 28 May 2019. She had previously been convicted 12 times for theft, shoplifting and traffic offences. Garda Marguerite O'Reilly, Special Crimes Task Force, informed Connors of the location of high‑end handbags and shoulder bags worth about €11,000 that had been taken in a burglary in County Wicklow. Connors brought the items to a city centre shop, where the owner examined them for about 40 minutes before paying her cash. CCTV captured Connors arriving with a child two days after the burglary. On 14 November, Gardaí raided Connors' home, arrested her and questioned her at Kevin Street Garda Station. She claimed she had bought the items from a person at her Tallaght home and identified herself on shop CCTV.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Woman with 112 previous convictions handled €11k in stolen handbags. Charges or matters: handling stolen property on May 28th, 2019 at a city centre shop. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• May 28th, 2019 Incident
• November 14th Incident
• October 8th Adjournment
• 2021-06-10 Publication

Case subjects

Places mentioned

Topics

Burglary Stage Sentence Theft

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