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Three-year sentence for involvement in violent attack in bookies

Summary

Jamie Griffin, aged 20, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to affray for a violent attack in a Ladbrokes bookmakers shop in Tallaght on 13 December 2012. Griffin, two other men and a short blade were involved. They entered the shop at 5.30pm, targeted a customer, and one attacker stabbed the man repeatedly while customers were still being served. The victim's brother intervened, but the attackers later returned and attacked him. Gardaí were called; both injured men were taken to Tallaght Hospital, one with multiple stab wounds and the other with a broken hand. Griffin, already serving a six‑year sentence on another charge and with 13 prior convictions, was given a three‑year custodial sentence with the last year suspended on condition of good behaviour. The other two men were charged separately with violent disorder. The court noted that Griffin was only 17 at the time of the offence.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Three-year sentence for involvement in violent attack in bookies. Charges or matters: affray in Ladbrokes bookmakers in the Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin on December 13, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• December 13, 2012 Incident
• 2015-03-18 Publication

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Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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