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Getaway driver for failed robbery sentenced to seven years

Summary

Paul Norton, 26, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role as a getaway driver in a failed cash van robbery at the Northside Shopping Centre on 6 June 2012. The court noted that Norton had been disqualified from driving eleven times before the incident and had 71 prior convictions for road traffic offences, including two for robbery and attempted robbery. He also had convictions for false number plates. Judge Patrick McCartan imposed a seven‑year sentence with the final two years suspended and disqualified Norton from driving for life. The case involved a G4S cash van driver who was robbed of €30,000 when a motorbike rider seized the cash box. Norton was apprehended after fleeing in a motorbike, was later found injured, and pleaded guilty on a third trial date. The judge described his record as a "very serious picture.".

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Getaway driver for failed robbery sentenced to seven years. Charges or matters: attempted robbery at the Northside Shopping Centre, Oscar Traynor Road on June 6, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• June 6, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2015-01-30 Publication

Case subjects

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Topics

Road Traffic Stage Sentence Theft

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