Philip McCabe sentenced for Oberstown criminal damage

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Philip McCabe was sentenced by Judge Melanie Greally to four years for criminal damage at Oberstown Children’s Detention Centre, with two-year sentences for driving a car without permission and three burglary counts.

McCabe pleaded guilty. His sentences were backdated to 8 July 2021 and ordered to run concurrently with the sentence he was already serving. The proceedings were reported on 7 July 2022.

The report said the criminal damage occurred on 20 and 21 September 2016. The driving offence occurred on 17 July 2017 at Palmerstown Woods, Clondalkin, and the burglaries occurred on 30 April 2019. McCabe said he only drove the car and could not initially recall the incident; the report also said he had co-operated with gardaí and made full admissions.