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Suspended sentence for former Google worker who tried to sell stolen laptop back to colleague

Date
2015-03-25
Stage
Sentence
Primary locality
Dublin
County
Dublin

Summary

A former Google employee, Dariusz Rejniewicz, aged 29, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to a suspended two‑and‑a‑half‑year term for handling stolen property. The laptop was taken from a work locker at Google's Dublin 4 headquarters and Rejniewicz was caught the following day attempting to sell it back to its owner. He pleaded guilty to the offence and had also pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces, but that charge was withdrawn after the judge found no evidence of threats. Rejniewicz was remanded on bail pending sentence and, after a probation report deemed "unfavourable," Judge Mary Ellen Ring suspended the entire sentence on the condition of 12 months' supervision by the Probation Service. He now works for a cleaning company following his dismissal from Google.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for former Google worker who tried to sell stolen laptop back to colleague. Charges or matters: handling stolen property at McDonalds on Grafton Street on January 13, 2013. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

Case subjects

Dariusz Rejniewicz

Defendant

Charges: handling stolen property at McDonalds on Grafton Street on January 13, 2013 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Photo: Collins) A former Google employee has been given a suspended sentence for trying to sell a stolen laptop back to his colleague. Judge Ring considered a probation report before the court today which was described as "unfavourable" before she sentenced Rejniewicz to two and half years which she suspended in full.; Rejniewicz, who now works for a cleaning company after being fired by Google, had been remanded on bail pending sentence when evidence was first heard last November.

Places mentioned

Secondary Mention
Residence
Court Venue
  • Dublin
  • Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
Address Area
  • Grafton Street

Topics

Stage Sentence Theft

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