Francis and Martin Stokes sentenced for carjacking

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Francis Stokes and Martin Stokes were each sentenced to four years for hijacking a car at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 8 February 2016, with two years of Francis’s sentence and three years of Martin’s suspended. The car was hijacked on Blessington Road, Tallaght, on 10 November 2013.

Both men pleaded guilty. The court heard that the incident had a lasting effect on Rita Radcliffe, who said fear of further attacks had curtailed her independence and stopped her from driving and looking after her grandchildren as before.