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Serial shoplifter who hit same stores eight times is jailed
Summary
Suzanne Shannon, 40, of Avondale House, Dublin, was jailed for two and a half years after pleading guilty to eight thefts of beauty products from two Boots stores in Rathmines and Donnybrook between January and April 2024. The thefts, valued between €500 and €1,000, were committed while she was serving the suspended portion of a two‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence for a drug‑dealing offence involving €69,608 worth of heroin. Garda Stephen Walsh arrested her after a panic alarm at Boots, Rathmines, and she admitted the stolen goods and her intent to sell them to fund her drug addiction. Judge Orla Crowe imposed a consecutive term of two years and three months for the thefts, suspended the final three months of the drug sentence on strict conditions, and ordered her to engage with the Probation Service for one year upon release.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Serial shoplifter who hit same stores eight times is jailed. Charges or matters: eight separate thefts from two Boots in Rathmines and Donnybrook in Dublin on dates between January and April 2024; be in possession of heroin with an estimated street value of €69,608, at her home on June 23, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 2024 Incident
- April 19, 2024 Incident
- July 2022 Incident
- June 23, 2017 Incident
- 2024-12-04 Publication
Why: She said she was going to sell on the cosmetics she had stolen in order to feed her drug addiction. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: eight separate thefts from two Boots in Rathmines and Donnybrook in Dublin on dates between January and April 2024; be in possession of heroin with an estimated street value of €69,608, at her home on June 23, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Crowe heard that Shannon was not objecting to a previously partially suspended sentence for a drug dealing offence being re-activated as these thefts were carried out on the suspended portion of that sentence. She imposed a consecutive term of two years and three months for the theft offences before she suspended the final three months of the sentence on strict conditions. "She needs a structure in place – particularly in regard to her drug addiction," Judge Crowe said.
Places mentioned
- Avondale House
- Northumberland Street
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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