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Car window smasher has custodial sentence overturned

Date
2025-06-30

Stage
Hearing Or Decision

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Wayne Judge, 33, a repeat offender with 123 prior convictions, had his five‑month custodial sentence for criminal damage on July 28 2023 replaced by a fully suspended ten‑month term on appeal. Judge had previously pleaded guilty in the District Court to five counts of criminal damage, one count of theft, one of trespassing and one of public intoxication. The offences involved smashing windows of an Audi, a Renault Kadjar, a Toyota and a second Toyota, and stealing a pair of Ray‑Ban sunglasses. The incidents occurred on Hampton Wood Court, Mayeston Rise and Hampton Wood Road in Finglas, and a taxi in Dubbercoss. Judge's sentence was made consecutive to a two‑year custodial term he is currently serving for another matter. The appeal court, after hearing the case, imposed a ten‑month suspended sentence to be supervised by the probation service for two years.