Michael Connors pleads guilty to escaping custody

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Michael Connors pleaded guilty to escaping custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with sentencing adjourned to 22 January 2019. He admitted escaping from Tallaght Hospital on 10 November 2017 and Tallaght Garda Station on 20 April 2018.

He also admitted possessing two stolen cars in Tallaght, while other charges were taken into consideration. Gardaí found stolen-car keys and a radio signal jammer at his home. The court heard Connors escaped hospital custody after treatment for a bitten ear, then later climbed over a wall at the garda station. Judge Melanie Greally adjourned the case for sentencing.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.