Robert Long ordered to do community service for theft and deception

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Robert Long was ordered to complete 240 hours of community service for theft and deception at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 2 February 2022. The offences took place at Longboat Quay, Grand Canal Dock, between 29 July and 1 August 2017.

Long pleaded guilty to six theft charges and two deception charges. The deception charges represented a sample of six such offences, and gardaí accepted he was not the scheme’s main instigator and did not profit from it.

The court ordered the community service within 18 months in place of a two-year prison term. Long had €10,700 available for victim compensation, and the report said all but one victim had received funds by then.