Jason Kelly jailed for €27,000 Ray-Ban robbery

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Jason Kelly was sentenced to three years in prison for robbing a Dublin optician at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Martin Nolan imposed the sentence; the proceedings were reported on 11 July 2024.

Kelly pleaded guilty to robbing the opticians. The robbery happened at the Ray-Ban store on Grafton Street on 12 July 2023, where 170 pairs of glasses valued at €27,089 were taken.

The court heard the premises were unoccupied and the doors suffered more than €4,000 damage. Defence counsel said money made from the glasses would have gone straight to drugs.