Dylan Crowley receives suspended sentence for assault and robbery

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Dylan Crowley received a two-year prison sentence, fully suspended for three years, for assault causing harm and robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Orla Crowe ordered him to remain under probation-service supervision for 18 months.

Crowley pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and robbery. The offences occurred at Grangegorman, Dublin, on 2 February 2021, when he was 16. The proceedings were reported on 16 June 2023.

The report said the injured delivery cyclist suffered a compound arm fracture after being struck with a wooden stick, requiring two surgeries. Defence counsel Keith Spencer said Crowley brought €500 to court as a token of remorse and asked the court to consider his early guilty plea and young age.