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Gardai accused of burglary and perverting course of justice get trial date
Summary
A trial date of 23 February 2026 has been set at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for three Gardaí accused of burglary and perverting the course of justice. Robert Gorman, aged 43, is charged with burglary of a basement flat at Mountjoy Square North on 7 September 2021, and with two counts of perverting the course of justice: one for allegedly signing information for a search warrant for that flat between 30 September and 30 December 2021, and another for allegedly creating three incidents on the Garda Pulse computer system on 21 September 2021. Ciaran Whelan, aged 51, is charged with burglary of the same basement flat on 7 September 2021, burglary of a flat on Kenilworth Road on 19 June 2021, and three counts of perverting the course of justice between 25 August and 27 September 2021, including a false report to a superintendent and amended data on the Garda Pulse system.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Gardai accused of burglary and perverting course of justice get trial date. Charges or matters: burglary of a basement flat on Mountjoy Square North in the city centre on September 7, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 7, 2021 Incident
- September 30 Incident
- December 30, 2021 Incident
- September 21, 2021 Incident
- June 19, 2021 Incident
- August 25 Incident
- September 27, 2021 Incident
- August 28 Incident
- December 20, 2021 Incident
- February 23, 2026 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2024-07-04 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: burglary of a basement flat on Mountjoy Square North in the city centre on September 7, 2021 (Alleged Or Contested)
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Mountjoy Square
- Kenilworth Road
- Saint John's Road
- Kenilworth Road
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