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Bad grandpa jailed for stealing date's car, attacking gardai
Summary
In a January 2024 sentencing, 52‑year‑old Jason Kennedy, who has 100 prior convictions, was jailed for a series of violent offences. On 16 November 2017 he attacked his date, stole her car, drove it at high speed, crashed it 200 metres down the road and assaulted two gardaí, one of whom suffered a fractured hand. Kennedy pleaded guilty to assault, dangerous driving and criminal damage to a garda's stab vest. He also pleaded guilty to trespass and theft of a €285 till at an unoccupied Aunt Annie's bakery kiosk in Jervis Shopping Centre on 9 August 2022, where CCTV captured him and his DNA was found on the till. The judge, Martin Nolan, sentenced him to three years for the first incident and 2 years 3 months for the second, to run consecutively. Kennedy is currently serving a four‑year sentence for another matter and has a son and two grandchildren.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Bad grandpa jailed for stealing date's car, attacking gardai. Charges or matters: a number of offences in relation to the first incident on November 16, 2017, in which he took his date's car after pushing and kicking her as she lay on the ground; a number of offences in November 2018 including assault, dangerous driving and criminal damage of a garda's stab vest; trespass and theft of a till at an unoccupied Aunt Annie's bakery kiosk in Jervis Shopping Centre on August 9, 2022. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 2022 Incident
- November 16, 2017 Incident
- November 2018 Incident
- August 9, 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2024-01-23 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: a number of offences in relation to the first incident on November 16, 2017, in which he took his date's car after pushing and kicking her as she lay on the ground; a number of offences in November 2018 including assault, dangerous driving and criminal damage of a garda's stab vest; trespass and theft of a till at an unoccupied Aunt Annie's bakery kiosk in Jervis Shopping Centre on August 9, 2022 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Kennedy also received the sentence for his part in the burglary of a shop till from an unoccupied bakery kiosk in Jervis Shopping Centre in August 2022.
Places mentioned
- Butlers Place
- Benson Street
- Dublin
Topics
Road Traffic Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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