Paschal Kelly jailed for 18 years over kidnapping and robbery

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Paschal Kelly was sentenced to 18 years in prison for abducting three women and robbing €92,000, at Dublin District Criminal Court; the report was published on 1 February 2019.

Kelly and two others broke into a postmistress's home in Malahide in the early hours of 25 September 2014, tied up the postmistress, her daughter and an Italian student, and took them to Bayside Post Office. The women were left tied up after the robbery.

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