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Dublin man with 124 previous convictions jailed for possessing stolen car

Date
2015-04-24

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Donaghmede

County
Dublin

Summary

Robert Lawlor, a 31‑year‑old Dublin father of three, was sentenced to 16 months in jail for possessing a stolen Ford C‑Max. He had previously been disqualified from driving and was caught driving the vehicle by a Garda at Airside Retail Shopping Centre, Swords. The Garda followed him to Bewleys Hotel on Clonshaugh Road, where CCTV captured him driving the car into the carpark while wearing blue latex gloves. DNA evidence linked Lawlor to the same gloves found when the stolen car was recovered two weeks later at another location. Lawlor pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing the stolen vehicle, which had been taken from a premises on Griffith Avenue in March 2012 and had registration plates from a vehicle stored in a County Clare garage. His 124 prior convictions include dangerous driving, public order offences and a five‑year sentence for drug possession.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Dublin man with 124 previous convictions jailed for possessing stolen car. Charges or matters: possessing the stolen Ford C-Max at Bewleys Hotel, Clonshaugh Road on May 17, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

May 17, 2012 Incident
March 2012 Incident
2015-04-24 Publication

Case subjects

Robert Lawlor

Defendant

Charges: possessing the stolen Ford C-Max at Bewleys Hotel, Clonshaugh Road on May 17, 2012 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Robert Lawlor (31) of Grangemore Crescent, Donaghmede, had already been disqualified from driving when he was spotted driving the car by a garda at Airside Retail Shopping Centre, Swords. He imposed a 16 month jail sentence backdated to February this year.