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Customer had to dive on grandchild during post office raid

Summary

In a Dublin post office robbery on 11 November 2023, Mark O'Grady (35) and Paul Bradley (43) were jailed for six years each. Both pleaded guilty to robbery and to possessing an imitation firearm that resembled a handgun. O'Grady held the imitation gun at the entrance, preventing entry and exit, while Bradley entered with a third man, Lee Conlon (44), who drove the gang in a stolen car. Conlon smashed the protective glass with a scaffolding pole, stole €20,000 from the counter, and fled. The robbery was quickly stopped; the getaway car was identified and the money recovered. A customer with a three‑year‑old grandchild had to dive on her grandson to protect him when a bang was heard. All three men were arrested within minutes and received six‑year sentences for the robbery, with five years concurrent on the firearms charge. Conlon had previously been jailed for six years for a separate burglary.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Customer had to dive on grandchild during post office raid. Charges or matters: the firearms offence on a joint enterprise basis, but was not the one with the firearm or the one who smashed the glass. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• November 11, 2023 Hearing Or Sentence
• January 18, 2023 Incident
• 2024-07-01 Publication

Case subjects

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Topics

Burglary Stage Sentence Theft

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Read the original CNI report