Thomas Thompson gets suspended sentence for burglary of Dublin home

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Thomas Thompson was given a fully suspended two-year sentence after pleading guilty to burglary at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The court heard that he entered a Dollymount home through an unlocked back door after its owner’s teenage son said she was asleep. Thompson scuffled with the son and claimed he had a knife, though no weapon was produced.

The judge said burglary disturbs a home’s occupants’ peace of mind. He suspended the sentence on condition that Thompson stay at least one kilometre from the victim’s home. The court also heard that Thompson had post-traumatic stress disorder following his childhood experience as a victim of the Dublin bombings, and had stopped congregating in the area.