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Schoolboy robbed of bike at knife point

Summary

Karl McDermott, aged 26, was jailed for seven and a half years after a drug‑influenced spree in Finglas on 4 May 2022. He hijacked a push bike from a 14‑year‑old schoolboy, then attempted to rob a 15‑year‑old girl, a woman at a bank, and a man in a launderette, all within a 45‑minute window. McDermott used a knife described as a butcher's knife and was described by witnesses as drunk or on tablets. He pleaded guilty to two robberies, three attempted robberies and one bicycle hijacking. The court imposed a five‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence for the May 2022 offences, to run consecutively with a three‑year term for a 2021 knife‑point robbery. The final year of the eight‑and‑a‑half‑year term was suspended on the condition he keep the peace and engage with the Probation Service for one year.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Schoolboy robbed of bike at knife point. Charges or matters: these offences in court today. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• May 4, 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
• May 2022 Adjournment
• December 3, 2021 Adjournment
• 2023-01-17 Publication

Case subjects

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Topics

Drugs Stage Sentence Theft

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