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Thief who endangered lives with reckless driving sentenced to 3.5 years

Date
2015-05-05

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Martin Cash, aged 20, was sentenced by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three and a half years in prison for theft and dangerous driving. He stole jewellery worth €1,830 from a house on Howth Road, Raheny, and was caught after a police chase. Cash also admitted to endangering traffic by cutting across a six-lane junction, driving in bus lanes, and mounting footpaths, forcing cars and buses to swerve. He drove dangerously at a green area where children were playing and at junctions on Collins Avenue. He pleaded guilty to trespassing at a house on Furry Park Road, Killester. Judge Mary‑Ellen Ring suspended the final 12 months of his sentence on the condition of good behaviour for a year, ordered probation supervision, and disqualified him from driving for five years. Cash has 37 prior convictions, including assault, criminal damage, drug misuse and possession of stolen goods. He was drug‑free at the time of sentencing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Thief who endangered lives with reckless driving sentenced to 3.5 years. Charges or matters: theft on Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin 5 on May 9th, 2014; trespassing at a house on Furry Park Road, Killester, on the same day. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

May 9th, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
2015-05-05 Publication

Why: Cash wrote a letter to court in which he explained that he had been without his own father growing up and didn't want that for his 18-month-old son. CNI source report

Case subjects

Martin Cash

Defendant

Charges: theft on Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin 5 on May 9th, 2014; trespassing at a house on Furry Park Road, Killester, on the same day (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: She sentenced him to three and a half years in prison but suspended the final 12 months on condition that Cash keep the peace and be of good behaviour for 12 months on his release.