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Teen avoids jail for attack on delivery rider that 'took everything' from him
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Dylan Crowley, 18, received a two‑year suspended sentence for assault causing harm and robbery of a food delivery rider on 2 February 2021. The victim, struck with a wooden stick and later with a blow to the arm, suffered a compound fracture requiring two surgeries, a metal plate, and a year out of work. Crowley, who was 16 at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty. Judge Orla Crowe described the assault as "very serious" but noted his youth, sentencing him to two years in prison with the sentence suspended in full for three years and ordering 18 months of probation supervision. The court also considered the robbery and the victim's impact statement, noting the rider's loss of "everything.".
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Teen avoids jail for attack on delivery rider that 'took everything' from him. Charges or matters: assault causing harm and robbery at Grangegorman, Dublin, on February 2, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 2, 2021 Incident
- 2023-06-16 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: assault causing harm and robbery at Grangegorman, Dublin, on February 2, 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Orla Crowe said that this was "a very serious assault" but the court must take into consideration that Crowley was a child when the offending took place. She sentenced him to two years in prison before adding: "I will give this young man a chance at life; his reports are favourable and he carried out this offence when he was a child".
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Topics
Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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