Michael Royal jailed for aggravated burglary in Monkstown

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Michael Royal was jailed for aggravated burglary at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 4 February 2025, receiving seven and a half years, with the offence committed in Monkstown, Co Dublin.

The judge also imposed seven-and-a-half-year terms on Patrick Fitzgerald and five-and-a-half years on Thomas Dwyer. All three had pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and false imprisonment.

The court heard that the raiders entered the home, restrained the homeowner and took family members from their beds. The judge described the incident as very serious.