Kevin Coughlan sentenced to five years for 17 burglaries

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Kevin Coughlan was sentenced to five years, with the final two and a half years suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 13 March 2019. He pleaded guilty to burgling 17 occupied houses and stealing 13 cars in Dublin’s Clontarf area between May 2016 and September 2017.

The sentence included probation supervision for 18 months and addiction counselling. The court heard that losses to victims, including stolen property and repair costs, exceeded €130,000.