Tony Rochford jailed for criminal damage to M50 eFlow system

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Tony Rochford was jailed for two and a half years for criminal damage at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 1 June 2018. He damaged the M50 northbound eFlow toll gantry on 16 June 2017, cutting wires, smashing sensors and damaging fuses.

The damage left the toll collection system out of action for 26 hours and closed the motorway northbound for three hours. Rochford pleaded guilty to damaging property belonging to Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Judge Martin Nolan said he had acted with malice and forethought, while taking account of his motivation and personal circumstances before imposing the custodial sentence.