Joseph Rafferty jailed for aggravated burglary and gun offences

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Joseph Rafferty was jailed for nine years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 8 June 2018, after pleading guilty to aggravated burglary and firearms offences. The offences arose during an eight-hour driving rampage across Dublin involving carjackings, threats with a submachine gun and reckless endangerment.

Rafferty also pleaded guilty to criminal damage, unlawful possession of ammunition, reckless endangerment and stealing a vehicle. Judge Martin Nolan reduced a headline sentence of 14 years to nine years after taking account of his guilty pleas and remorse.