Patrick McNamee jailed for stealing pension money

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Patrick McNamee was sentenced to four and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 29 November 2023. He admitted stealing €200 from a 69-year-old wheelchair user at Robinson’s Court, Cork Street, on 24 September 2021. The proceedings were reported on 29 November 2023.

Judge Orla Crowe set a six-year headline sentence before reducing it to four and a half years in light of McNamee’s personal and mitigating circumstances. The sentence was backdated to 26 June, when he went into custody.

The report said the money was never recovered and recorded that McNamee had 190 previous convictions, including 56 from the Circuit Court.