Thomas Cahill Donohue sentenced for attempted car thefts

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Thomas Cahill Donohue was sentenced to three and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 10 July 2020, after pleading guilty to attempted robbery and related offences. The offences occurred at a housing estate in Lusk, north Dublin, where he tried to take several cars while holding a chihuahua.

The charges included burglary, criminal damage, unlawful use of a car, threats to injure people and assaulting a garda. The sentence was backdated to 1 January, while Donohue said he was seeking residential drug treatment after using crack cocaine and tablets.