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Dublin man who was caught by gardai who arranged to buy back stolen phone avoids jail
Summary
Daniel Keenan, aged 20, was arrested after a Garda officer rang a stolen phone number, pretending to be the owner, and arranged a meeting to buy the phone back. Keenan claimed he had no involvement in the original robbery and said he had obtained the phone from a "junkie" he had just met on the street. He appeared at the agreed meeting point on a bicycle, shouted to the victim that he had the phone, then fell off his bike while turning into a laneway. Gardaí who had been monitoring the meeting found the phone in Keenan's sock. Keenan pleaded guilty to handling a stolen phone on 16 February 2013. He had nine prior convictions for theft, handling, road traffic, public order and criminal damage offences. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to two and a half years in prison, suspended in full on the condition that he cooperate with the Probation Service for one year.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Dublin man who was caught by gardai who arranged to buy back stolen phone avoids jail. Charges or matters: handling a stolen phone on February 16, 2013. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 16, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2015-02-25 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: handling a stolen phone on February 16, 2013 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Keenan to two and half years in prison which he suspended in full on condition that he co-operates with the Probation Service for a year. He had remanded Keenan in custody pending sentence earlier this month and told him today that he had hoped his short stay in prison taught him a lesson.; He had remanded Keenan in custody pending sentence earlier this month and told him today that he had hoped his short stay in prison taught him a lesson.
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Topics
Public Order Road Traffic Stage Sentence Theft
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