Dylan Murphy jailed for robbery and attempted robbery

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Dylan Murphy was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to eight years for robbery and attempted robbery, with the final year suspended. The proceedings were reported on 1 June 2022.

Murphy pleaded guilty to attempted robbery of a taxi driver in Dolphins Barn on 20 September 2019, and to robbery and attempted robbery at St Stephen’s Green on 2 August 2021. Judge Pauline Codd backdated the sentence to last March and required engagement with the Probation Service and drug addiction treatment.

Defending counsel Keith Spencer BL cited Murphy’s tragic background, State care from age 14 and drug and alcohol abuse. The judge took his background and entrenched drug addiction into account.