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Former "ferocious drug addict" to be sentenced for string of offences
Summary
John Paul Lennon, 34, of St Anthony's Park, Rialto, Dublin 8, will be sentenced on 17 April for a series of offences committed while on bail. He pleaded guilty to two robberies on 31 December 2013 at a Spar shop in Dolphin's Barn and at Basin Street, where he entered wearing a balaclava, threatened staff with a large butcher's knife, and took cash that he later spent on drugs. Lennon also admitted to robbing a taxi driver in Dun Laoghaire on New Year's Day 2014, threatening the driver with a six‑inch knife and a pair of scissors, and to possessing €2,025 of heroin for sale or supply on 23 April 2011, when 13 grams were found concealed between his buttocks. Additionally, he pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery of an Esso garage on 16 April 2014.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Former "ferocious drug addict" to be sentenced for string of offences. Charges or matters: two robberies on the night of December 31, 2013 at the Spar shop in Dolphin's Barn, Dublin 8 and on nearby Basin Street; possessing €2,025 of heroin for sale or supply on April 23, 2011; the attempted robbery of the Esso Garage on Usher's Quay on April 16, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 31, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 23, 2011 Incident
- April 16, 2014 Incident
- April 17 Adjournment
- New Year's Eve Other
- New Year's Day 2014 Other
- 2015-02-11 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: two robberies on the night of December 31, 2013 at the Spar shop in Dolphin's Barn, Dublin 8 and on nearby Basin Street; possessing €2,025 of heroin for sale or supply on April 23, 2011; the attempted robbery of the Esso Garage on Usher's Quay on April 16, 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Patricia Ryan adjourned sentencing until April 17 and asked for a probation report to be prepared.
Places mentioned
- St Anthony's Park
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Basin Street
- Derry Drive
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Taxi Trouble Theft
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