Jeffrey Dumbrell pleads guilty to threatening prison officer

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Jeffrey Dumbrell pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a prison officer at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 22 February 2016. The threat was made at Wheatfield Prison on 10 December 2014.

Dumbrell, who is serving a life sentence for murder, was held in a high-security segregation unit when the threat was made. Sentencing was adjourned until 23 February 2016. The prison officer said he felt his life was in danger, while the defence submitted that Dumbrell’s guilty plea reflected remorse and progress under a more relaxed prison regime.