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Carlow Businessman Denies Stolen Tools Charges
Summary
In a Carlow Circuit Criminal Court hearing, 48‑year‑old Charles Dunne of Ace Fencing Ltd pleaded not guilty to two alternative charges: handling a large assortment of stolen power tools and possessing stolen property, both alleged to have occurred on 13 January 2019. He also pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of providing false invoices to Gardaí between January and February 2019, and to attempting to pervert the course of justice by submitting false documents to obstruct a Garda criminal investigation. Gardaí had seized a large quantity of tools from Dunne's yard in Tullow, photographed them, and compiled an inventory. Dunne later supplied about 60 invoices to Gardaí, claiming ownership of the seized tools. Testimony from the auctioneers Ganly Craigie 2000 Ltd and Hennessy Auctioneers highlighted discrepancies between the invoices Dunne provided and the company records, with several invoices containing altered or illegible details. The trial continues before Judge Sinéad McMullan and a jury.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Carlow Businessman Denies Stolen Tools Charges. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- January 13, 2019 Incident
- February 2019 Incident
- January 2019 Other
- November 2020 Other
- August 2013 Other
- November 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2025-07-25 Publication
Why: A Carlow businessman has gone on trial charged with handling a large assortment of stolen power tools and later providing false invoices to gardaí in order to prove ownership of those tools. CNI source report
Case subjects
Places mentioned
- Carlow
- Carlow Circuit Criminal Court
- false instrument at Carlow Garda Station
- Carlow
- of justice at Carlow Garda Station
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