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Iconic Dublin pub closed after imitation handgun produced during Covid row

Date
2024-06-10

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 10 June 2024, George Murray, aged 55, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for possessing a realistic imitation firearm with intent to threaten. The incident occurred on 16 December 2020 at Maye's Public House, a long‑standing pub on Dorset Street, when Murray brandished a replica Glock handgun at proprietor Tom Maye, 70, and threatened to "blow his head off." Maye, who had run the pub for 31 years, was forced to close the business after the event. Murray, who has 57 prior convictions and a history of schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse, pleaded guilty to the charge. Gardaí arrested him after a panic button was pressed and the replica gun was confiscated. The judge, Pauline Codd, reduced an initial headline sentence of seven years to four, back‑dating it to November 2023. Murray acknowledged the incident and expressed "fair play" to the judge.".

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Iconic Dublin pub closed after imitation handgun produced during Covid row. Charges or matters: one count of possessing a realistic imitation firearm with the intention to make a threat to kill at the Dublin pub. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

December 16, 2020 Incident
2024-06-10 Publication

Case subjects

George Murray

Convicted Person

Charges: one count of possessing a realistic imitation firearm with the intention to make a threat to kill at the Dublin pub (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: George Murray (55) put his thumbs up and told the sentencing judge "fair play" after she today jailed him for four years. He was jailed for four years.