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23-year-old with 118 convictions sentenced for Oberstown riot
Summary
Philip McCabe, aged 23, was sentenced to four years for criminal damage at Oberstown Children's Detention Centre, where he and a group caused €120,000 worth of damage to furniture, IT equipment and kitchen and staff rooms over several hours. He also pleaded guilty to driving a car without permission in 2017 and to three burglary counts in 2019. Judge Melanie Greally noted the offence occurred when McCabe was a juvenile and that prosecution was delayed by staff retirements. The judge imposed two‑year sentences for each of the other counts, back‑dated to 8 July 2021, and ordered them to run concurrently with his current five‑and‑half‑year robbery sentence, with a release date in 2025. McCabe has 118 prior convictions, a history of substance abuse and mental health difficulties, and is in a relationship with a young child.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 23-year-old with 118 convictions sentenced for Oberstown riot. Charges or matters: a charge of criminal damage at Oberstown Children's Detention Centre on September 20 and 21, 2016; one count of driving a car without permission on July 17, 2017 at Palmerstown Woods, Clondalkin and three counts of burglary from separate businesses in the Finglas area on April 30, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 20 Incident
- July 17, 2017 Incident
- April 30, 2019 Incident
- May 1, 2020 Other
- July 8, 2021 Adjournment
- July 8 Adjournment
- 2022-07-04 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: a charge of criminal damage at Oberstown Children's Detention Centre on September 20 and 21, 2016; one count of driving a car without permission on July 17, 2017 at Palmerstown Woods, Clondalkin and three counts of burglary from separate businesses in the Finglas area on April 30, 2019 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Philip McCabe pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage at Oberstown Children's Detention Centre on September 20 and 21, 2016. She backdated the sentences imposed on McCabe to July 8, 2021 and ordered they should run concurrently with his current sentence.; Judge Greally adjourned Cronin's sentencing to July 8 to review a psychological report.
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