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Your house will "go up like a Christmas tree"

Summary

Conor Stewart, 31, pleaded guilty on 26 May 2024 to making an unwarranted demand with menace, threatening the parents of his former partner that their house would "go up like a Christmas tree" if a €4,000 debt was not paid. Garda Aaron Carney testified that Stewart called the house in Sandyford, where the father opened the door and saw Stewart on his phone, with a third party apparently directing him. The incident was recorded by a doorbell camera. Stewart, who has 84 prior convictions and was on bail for another offence, admitted he was in difficulty and had been told to do it. He has signed up for drug counselling while in custody. Judge Orla Crowe sentenced him to two years and three months, with nine months suspended for two years, to run consecutively to his current sentence, and ordered 12 months of probation supervision after release.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Your house will "go up like a Christmas tree". Charges or matters: making an unwarranted demand with menace on May 26, 2024. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• May 26, 2024 Hearing Or Sentence
• Christmas Incident
• 2025-05-07 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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