Niall Byrne convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery

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Niall Byrne was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 22 May 2018. The robbery involved €2.08 million taken from a cash-in-transit van in Dublin in 2005. The jury could not agree a verdict on the kidnapping charges, and the judge recorded a disagreement.

The court remanded Byrne into custody to appear again on 5 June 2018. The State case was that he had worked for Securicor and acted as the gang’s inside man, but the conviction reported was for conspiracy to commit robbery.