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Lifelong criminal Trevor Byrne will serve sentences totalling 17.5 years
Summary
Trevor Byrne, aged 41, was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to consecutive jail terms totalling 17½ years for a series of firearms offences and an armed robbery of Boylesports bookmakers in Swords on 19 March 2010. The robbery involved two men and included possession of a loaded 9 mm Luger‑calibre Radom 35 firearm, false imprisonment, a threat to kill, and hijacking a woman's car at gunpoint. Byrne had 44 prior convictions and was already serving a nine‑year sentence for a firearms offence that began in November 2019. The judge imposed eight‑and‑a‑half years for the robbery and false imprisonment, six‑and‑a‑half years for the threat to kill, and seven‑and‑a‑half years each for the firearm possession and car hijacking, with all five sentences running concurrently but consecutively to the earlier firearms conviction. The sentences were reduced by a total of 12 months for mitigation and rehabilitation considerations. The unnamed accused pleaded not guilty and was acquitted.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Lifelong criminal Trevor Byrne will serve sentences totalling 17.5 years. Charges or matters: the robbery, possession of a firearm, false imprisonment, threatening to kill and to unlawfully seizing a vehicle used in the getaway. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Acquitted
When:
- March 19, 2010 Incident
- November 2009 Incident
- November 2019 Incident
- November 15, 2019 Incident
- 2021-07-29 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: the robbery, possession of a firearm, false imprisonment, threatening to kill and to unlawfully seizing a vehicle used in the getaway (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; He then sentenced Byrne to eight-and-a-half years in jail for both the armed robbery and the false imprisonment, six-and-a-half years for the threat to kill and seven-and-half years each for the possession of the firearm and for hijacking the car.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Circuit Criminal Court
- Cappagh Road
Topics
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