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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 30877Robbery · Co. Dublin · 3 Mar 2019

Man jailed for five and a half years for two robberies in Clontarf and Donnycarney

Phillip McCabe, 22, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for two robberies on 3 March 2019 in which he and an unnamed accomplice stole phones and a purse from a man with cerebral palsy and a Spanish woman in Clontarf and Donnycarney, Dublin.

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  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced8 Jul
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Key facts

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  • whatMcCabe pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery on 3 March 2019 at separate locations on Malahide Road, Clontarf, and Collins Park, Donnycarney. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatA woman who had just arrived in Ireland from Barcelona was waiting at a bus stop when two men approached her and wrestled her iPhone from her hand. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe woman was punched in the face and chest during the altercation and the men fled with her phone and purse. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe two men followed a male leaving a Circle K garage on the Malahide Road and ambushed him in a laneway. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe assailants demanded the man erase everything off the phone and threatened to stab him. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatMcCabe was in a coma for a number of months after a serious road traffic accident before gardaí could question him. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatMcCabe was interviewed by gardaí on 7 November 2019 after his recovery. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationDetective Garda Paul Daly was the investigating officer who gave evidence. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe case was heard at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceJudge Martin Nolan sentenced McCabe to five and a half years for the Donnycarney robbery and three and a half years for the other count, running concurrently for an effective five and a half years. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe man robbed in Donnycarney has cerebral palsy. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherMcCabe has 112 previous convictions. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe woman was brought to a Garda station by a good Samaritan to report the incident. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 8 Jul2021
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Thief who pepper-sprayed and beat man with cerebral palsy is jailed

    Sentencing report: McCabe pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery; Judge Martin Nolan imposed 5.5 years for the Donnycarney robbery and 3.5 years for the Clontarf robbery, running concurrently for an effective 5.5 years. Details of the offences, McCabe's coma following a road traffic accident, his admissions to gardaí, and the victim impact statement are reported.

    convicted, Phillip McCabe, 22, male, named, irish (judged from name)Phillip McCabevictim, malevictim, female, Spanish, non-irishsuspect, male