Justin Murray remanded over €500 church theft

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Justin Murray was remanded in continuing custody over the theft of €500 from a Ballymun church, with the case reported on 31 July 2017. He had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing church collection cash on 6 November 2016.

The court heard that Murray was identified from CCTV after a parishioner saw a man taking money from the collection and fleeing. Gardaí later found a bicycle bearing a sticker with Murray’s name on the church grounds.

Judge Elma Sheahan ordered a probation report and remanded Murray in continuing custody until February the following year. He had not yet been sentenced when the report was published.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.