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Drug addict with 111 previous convictions jailed for assault and robbery

Date
2023-11-23

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Crumlin

County
Dublin

Summary

David Mantle, 45, a drug addict with 111 prior convictions, was sentenced by Judge Elma Sheahan in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to six years and three months' imprisonment, with the last six months suspended for 12 months. He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm on 21 October 2021, when he attacked a man on St Agnes Road, Crumlin with a dog chain, and to robbery on 26 November 2022, when he and another man robbed a pharmacy in Ranelagh with a screwdriver, stealing €470 in cash, medication, headsets and a mobile phone. Garda evidence showed the assault victim had blood on his face and cuts to his forehead and back of his head, requiring stitches at St James's Hospital. The court noted Mantle's long‑standing drug problems and his attempts to detox, but also his 111 previous convictions, including assault, robbery and drug possession.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Drug addict with 111 previous convictions jailed for assault and robbery. Charges or matters: assault causing harm at St Agnes Road, Crumlin on October 21, 2021; robbing a pharmacy in Ranelagh on November 26, 2022. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

October 21, 2021 Incident
November 26, 2022 Incident
2023-11-23 Publication

Case subjects

David Mantle

Defendant

Charges: assault causing harm at St Agnes Road, Crumlin on October 21, 2021; robbing a pharmacy in Ranelagh on November 26, 2022 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Sheahan handed down a global sentence of six years and three months imprisonment, with the final six months suspended for a period of 12 months. The final six months of the sentence was suspended on the condition that Mantle will take up a residential treatment place if it becomes available.