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Suspended sentence for handling stolen BMW

Date
2015-11-19

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Patrick Murphy, 27, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a stolen Apple iPod and to handling a stolen BMW 5 Series parked at an apartment on Main Street, Clongriffin, on 18 August 2014. The car and iPod had been taken in a burglary of a house at The Links, Donabate, four days earlier. Murphy, who was staying in the apartment at the time, told gardaí he was paid a few hundred euros to let others park the car for the night, claiming he did not know who would pay him and that he had done it because he owed a drug debt from his cocaine use. He denied any involvement in the burglary and said he did not have the car keys. Judge Martin Nolan suspended a one‑year prison sentence. Murphy has 25 previous convictions, including drug dealing, firearms offences, criminal damage and car theft.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for handling stolen BMW. Charges or matters: possession of a stolen Apple iPod and to handling the stolen car at an apartment on Main Street, Clongriffin, Dublin on August 18, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

August 18, 2014 Incident
February 2014 Other
2015-11-19 Publication

Why: Patrick Murphy (27) said he agreed to have a stolen BMW car parked in an apartment complex because he owed a drug debt from his cocaine habit. CNI source report

Case subjects

Patrick Murphy

Defendant

Charges: possession of a stolen Apple iPod and to handling the stolen car at an apartment on Main Street, Clongriffin, Dublin on August 18, 2014 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan suspended a one year prison sentence.