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Notorious sex offender Paget serving suspended sentence and on bail for 25 offences when he broke into woman's apartment

Date
2025-01-30

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Jason Paget, aged 38, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges of possessing stolen property taken from a Dublin 8 apartment on 6 December 2021. The items included a motorised skateboard and headphones belonging to a young woman whose home was broken into. Paget pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of stolen property. Judge Patricia Ryan noted aggravating circumstances, including that Paget was on bail for 25 matters and serving a suspended sentence at the time of the offence. The judge imposed the sentence with a backdated commencement of 23 March 2023. Paget, currently imprisoned at the Midlands, has an extensive criminal history including convictions for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated burglary dating to 2003, when he was 16 years old.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Notorious sex offender Paget serving suspended sentence and on bail for 25 offences when he broke into woman's apartment. Charges or matters: two counts of possession of stolen property taken from an address in Dublin 8 on December 6, 2021; aggravated burglary and sexual assault of a woman with intent to cause degradation at two separate locations in Dublin on February 11, 2003, when he was 16-years-old; one count of burglary at the Marble Arch Pub, Benbulbin Road, Drimnagh and using a car without the consent of the owner on August 12, 2021; counts of assault causing harm, taking possession of a vehicle without the consent of the owner and dangerous driving on December 18, 2021 at Longs Place, Dublin 8; these offences. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

December 6, 2021 Incident
April 2010 Incident
February 11, 2003 Incident
January 2022 Incident
August 2021 Incident
August 12, 2021 Incident
December 18, 2021 Incident
November 2022 Incident
March 23, 2023 Other
2025-01-30 Publication

Case subjects

Jason Paget

Background Person

Charges: two counts of possession of stolen property taken from an address in Dublin 8 on December 6, 2021; aggravated burglary and sexual assault of a woman with intent to cause degradation at two separate locations in Dublin on February 11, 2003, when he was 16-years-old; one count of burglary at the Marble Arch Pub, Benbulbin Road, Drimnagh and using a car without the consent of the owner on August 12, 2021; counts of assault causing harm, taking possession of a vehicle without the consent of the owner and dangerous driving on December 18, 2021 at Longs Place, Dublin 8; these offences (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: In April 2010, Paget was sentenced to 15 years with the final five years suspended for his role in trying to make a female college student have sex with her male housemates during a violent burglary. In November 2022, Paget was jailed for four and a half years for these offences.