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Jail for woman who stole 73-year-old's handbag

Summary

A woman with 234 previous convictions, Winne Cash (46) of Blessington Road, Tallaght Dublin, has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing a handbag from a 73-year-old woman and trespassing on the curtilage of a house at Main Street, Baldoyle on November 23, 2015. Cash pleaded guilty to the charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Melanie Greally noted that Cash had previously received a three-year sentence for burglary in 2013 and surmised that she would not have been out of prison for long at the time of this offence. The judge described the offence as particularly nasty with some degree of premeditation and imposed a four-year sentence, suspending the final year. The matter was adjourned for the purposes of the court's consideration of the suspended portion of the sentence. The case-subject, Tallaght Dublin, also admitted to the same charges and pleaded guilty, but no sentence was imposed at this procedural stage.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for woman who stole 73-year-old's handbag. Charges or matters: stealing the bag and trespassing on the curtilage of a house at Main Street, Baldoyle on November 23, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• November 23, 2015 Incident
• 2016-06-23 Publication

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Topics

Burglary Stage Sentence Theft

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