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Convicted rapist tells court he wants to go back to prison

Date
2015-04-13

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 13 April 2015, Trevor Byrne, a 32‑year‑old former convict, pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery and two burglary offences committed on 15 September 2009. He had been sentenced in 2011 to eight years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended on strict conditions, including close supervision by the Probation Service and abstention from alcohol. Since his release in March 2014, Byrne had repeatedly breached these conditions, including a six‑month jail term in April 2014 for possession of six cans of cider and a phone call to a mental hospital nurse in which he threatened violence. He was again released in October 2014. In the present hearing, Byrne represented himself, expressed a desire to return to prison, and declined to contest the Probation Service's request to revoke the suspended portion of his sentence.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Convicted rapist tells court he wants to go back to prison. Charges or matters: the attempted robbery of Noemie Krey, at Leo Street, Dublin 7 on September 15, 2009; two counts of burglary at the same address on the same date. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

September 15, 2009 Incident
2015-04-13 Publication

Why: A convicted rapist told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today that he wants to go back to prison because he believes he cannot abide by the conditions of his release. CNI source report

Case subjects

Trevor Byrne

Background Person

Charges: the attempted robbery of Noemie Krey, at Leo Street, Dublin 7 on September 15, 2009; two counts of burglary at the same address on the same date (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Trevor Byrne was sentenced to eight years with two suspended in 2011 for attempting to rob a 24-year-old woman 14 hours after being released from prison where he had served a 15-year sentence for raping a woman. Since his release last March, Byrne has been returned to court on numerous occasions accused of breeching the terms of his suspended sentence.