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Six years for man who threw small dog and paving slab at gardai, fired shots at house

Date
2015-12-10

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Ennis

County
Clare

Summary

Daniel Ennis, aged 20, was sentenced to six years in prison after a series of violent incidents in Ballyfermot, Dublin. In January 2014 he threatened to kill or seriously harm Garda Ryan and Garda Doyle when they searched his back garden for a stolen postbag and bike. He also threatened to kill or seriously harm Linda Carrie and Lena Tims, to damage property, and was found in possession of a firearm on 8 May 2015. Ennis threw a small dog, a paving slab and a bike at four Gardaí, threatened to ram a patrol car, and shouted from an upstairs window that he was armed with a knife. Over a year later, while on bail, he fired shots at a house on Oranmore Road, where a woman was sleeping after being released from hospital, after threatening to blow the occupants' heads off and to burn the house down. Daniel Ennis pleaded guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Six years for man who threw small dog and paving slab at gardai, fired shots at house. Charges or matters: threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Gda Ryan and Gda Doyle at his home on January 13, 2014; threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Linda Carrie and Lena Tims, threatening to damage property and possession of a firearm at Oranmore Road, Ballyfermot on May 8, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 13, 2014 Incident
May 8, 2015 Incident
2015-12-10 Publication

Case subjects

Daniel Ennis

Defendant

Charges: threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Gda Ryan and Gda Doyle at his home on January 13, 2014; threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Linda Carrie and Lena Tims, threatening to damage property and possession of a firearm at Oranmore Road, Ballyfermot on May 8, 2015 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He imposed consecutive sentences totalling six years and backdated it to May when Ennis went into custody. Sgt Reddington agreed with Mr Bowman that the sons of the woman who lived in the house had previously been sentenced for assaulting an elderly woman who was on her way home from mass.