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Jail for criminal with 156 priors who produced knives during attack on new mother

Date
2024-04-25

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Jonathan Cummins, 37, of Tubberclaire Meadows, Navan, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to producing two knives during a November 2021 attack on a new mother who had just returned from the hospital with her premature baby. The incident occurred at a West Dublin location where Cummins, dressed in black and wearing gloves, stood in the garden and pulled the knives from his trousers as the victim was being assaulted by Miranda McCabe, who also received a two‑year sentence with 15 months suspended. Cummins, who had 156 prior convictions including 16 for knife possession, was found with a cannabis joint and two kitchen knives in his car. He was already serving a 15‑month sentence for a separate offence and was released in January.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for criminal with 156 priors who produced knives during attack on new mother. Charges or matters: production of knives during the course of a dispute on November 27, 2021 at a location in West Dublin; assault causing harm to the victim on the same date. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

November 27, 2021 Incident
March 6 Other
2024-04-25 Publication

Why: Judge Crowe said the court would suspend the final six months of the sentence on strict conditions in order to incentivise his rehabilitation. CNI source report

Case subjects

Jonathan Cummins

Accused

Charges: production of knives during the course of a dispute on November 27, 2021 at a location in West Dublin; assault causing harm to the victim on the same date (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Cummins's co-accused Miranda McCabe (37), also of the same estate, was handed a two-year sentence with the final 15 months suspended last May. She directed Cummins to place himself under the supervision of the Probation Services for 12 months post-release and backdated his sentence to March 6 last, when he entered his guilty plea.

Miranda McCabe

Co Accused

Charges: assault causing harm to the victim on the same date (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Miranda McCabe (37), also of the same estate, was handed a two-year sentence with the final 15 months suspended last May.