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Supermacs bandit wore underpants on head
Summary
Philip Daly, a 52‑year‑old former fisherman from Balbriggan, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three burglary offences committed in 2020. He was found at a Supermacs in a Texaco service station on 24 May 2020, wearing underpants on his head, and had also broken into a hairdresser on 2 February 2020. Earlier that year he had been convicted of a burglary at the same Texaco station, for which he received a two‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence with the final 18 months suspended; he has served that term and is now under probation supervision. Judge Orla Crowe adjourned the case to clarify why sentencing had proceeded on one count separately and ordered an updated probation report and fortnightly drug testing. Garda Stephen O'Toole described how Daly jumped a fence, prised open the emergency door, and later returned to the station after a panic alarm.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Supermacs bandit wore underpants on head. Charges or matters: two counts of burglary at the Supermacs and Papa Johns in Texaco service station Balbriggan on May 24, 2020 and one burglary at a hairdresser on Chapel Street, Balbriggan on February 2, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- May 24, 2020 Incident
- February 2, 2020 Incident
- 2022-07-22 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: two counts of burglary at the Supermacs and Papa Johns in Texaco service station Balbriggan on May 24, 2020 and one burglary at a hairdresser on Chapel Street, Balbriggan on February 2, 2020 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was previously sentenced to two and a half years with the final 18 months suspended in relation to a further count of burglary at the same service station on the same day.; Judge Orla Crowe adjourned the case so it could be clarified why sentencing went ahead on one count on the bill on a separate date and why all the offences were not dealt with at the same time.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Curran Park
- Balbriggan
- Chapel Street
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