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Chronic drug addict jailed over cash box robbery

Date
2015-11-13

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin cash‑box robbery, 38‑year‑old Glen Morgan, a chronic drug addict with 63 prior convictions, was jailed for three years. Morgan and accomplices followed a cash delivery van into a shopping centre car park, waited for the security guard to return with the takings, and then Morgan used an axe to seize the box containing €5,341.55. He fled in a car and later admitted to stealing the previous day. Morgan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbing the cash box and to unlawful possession of a vehicle at the same location on 17 July 2014. The security firm's tracking led to the box's recovery at scrub‑land near St Doolagh's Park nursing home, where the stolen vehicle was also found. The judge, after hearing the defence's plea of a spiralling life, imposed a three‑year sentence and granted credit for time already spent in custody.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Chronic drug addict jailed over cash box robbery. Charges or matters: robbing the cash box containing €5,341.55 at Clare Hall Shopping Centre, Dublin on July 17, 2014; unlawful possession of a vehicle at the same location on the same date. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

July 17, 2014 Incident
2015-11-13 Publication

Case subjects

Glen Morgan

Defendant

Charges: robbing the cash box containing €5,341.55 at Clare Hall Shopping Centre, Dublin on July 17, 2014; unlawful possession of a vehicle at the same location on the same date (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He imposed a three year sentence and directed that Morgan be given credit for any time he has already spent in custody on the matter.