Tom O’Connor remanded over stolen dumper truck

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Tom O’Connor was remanded on continuing bail at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the outcome reported on 31 October 2014, after pleading guilty to handling a stolen Volvo A25D dumper truck. The truck was held at Brittas, Dublin, on a date between December 2009 and April 2010. Judge Desmond Hogan ordered a Probation Services report and said he needed time to consider the sentence. O’Connor, formerly a director of a Kerry plant hire and subcontracting company, had five previous convictions, including possession of a stolen tractor. Detective Garda Eugene O’Sullivan told the court that O’Connor was not involved in stealing or altering the dumper truck’s identification numbers.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.