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Carlow businessman guilty of possessing stolen tools
Summary
Charles Dunne, 48, of Ace Fencing Ltd, was found guilty at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court of possessing stolen power tools and of providing five false invoices to Gardaí to prove ownership. He also pleaded not guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. The jury, after almost six hours of deliberation, returned guilty verdicts on the possession charge, five counts of using a false instrument and the charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice, while acquitting him on all other charges. Judge Sinéad McMullan remanded Dunne on continuing bail until a sentencing hearing in November. He was directed to surrender his passport upon return from a family holiday and to sign in once a week at Carlow Garda Station. The case involved a large quantity of tools seized from Dunne's yard in Tullow in January 2019, with Gardaí presenting evidence of the tools' stolen status and the fraudulent invoices supplied by Dunne.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Carlow businessman guilty of possessing stolen tools. Charges or matters: possession and handling, but there are real people behind those tools, real people who earn their livelihoods from these tools". Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 13, 2019 Incident
- February 2019 Incident
- January 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2025-08-01 Publication
Why: A Carlow businessman has been convicted of being in possession of an assortment of stolen power tools and providing five false invoices to the gardaí in order to prove ownership of the tools. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: possession and handling, but there are real people behind those tools, real people who earn their livelihoods from these tools" (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: She remanded Dunne on continuing bail until the next sittings of Carlow Circuit Criminal Court in November when a sentence date will be set for a full sentence hearing.; She remanded Dunne on continuing bail until the next sittings of Carlow Circuit Criminal Court in November when a sentence date will be set for a full sentence hearing.
Places mentioned
- Carlow
- Carlow Circuit Criminal Court
- false instrument at Carlow Garda Station
- Carlow
- of justice at Carlow Garda Station
- week at Carlow Garda Station
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