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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 30814Theft (shoplifting) · Co. Kildare · 28 Jan 2020

Man sentenced for shoplifting at Kilcock service station

Martin Reilly, 29, of Navan, was prosecuted for taking €11 worth of goods from a Circle K service station at Church Street, Kilcock on 28 January 2020. He appeared by videolink from Mountjoy Prison at Naas District Court on 7 July 2021. The judge imposed a nine-month term to run alongside the five-year sentence he is currently serving for an attempted hijacking. The court heard he has 105 previous convictions, 19 of them for theft, the last in 2019.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced13 Jul
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
Martin Reilly, 29, of Navan, was prosecuted for taking €11 worth of goods from a Circle K service station at Church Street, Kilcock.
When
The shoplifting took place on 28 January 2020.
Cause
The judge said the crime was fuelled by heroin addiction.
In court
The defendant appeared by videolink from Mountjoy Prison at Naas District Court on 7 July 2021.
Sentence
The judge imposed a nine-month term to run alongside the five-year sentence the defendant is currently serving for an attempted hijacking.
Other details
  • The defendant has 105 previous convictions, 19 of which were for theft, the last in 2019.
  • The defendant has had a heroin addiction but had been drug free for two years and is taking methadone.
  • The defendant has a boy and a girl, and his mother is taking care of his children.
13 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatMartin Reilly, 29, of Navan, was prosecuted for taking €11 worth of goods from a Circle K service station at Church Street, Kilcock. (kildarenow.com)
  • whenThe shoplifting took place on 28 January 2020. (kildarenow.com)
  • causeThe judge said the crime was fuelled by heroin addiction. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtThe defendant appeared by videolink from Mountjoy Prison on 7 July 2021. (kildarenow.com)
  • sentenceThe judge imposed a nine-month term to run alongside the sentence the defendant is currently serving. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant has 105 previous convictions. (kildarenow.com)
  • other19 of the previous convictions were for theft and the last theft offence was in 2019. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant has had a heroin addiction. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant had been drug free for two years and is taking methadone. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant has a boy and a girl. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant is currently serving a five-year term for an attempted hijacking. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant is entirely remorseful for the offence. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe defendant's mother is taking care of his children. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

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  1. 13 Jul2021
    Sentencedkildarenow.com, first report
    Kildare shop theft man has 105 previous convictions

    Details the sentencing, the defendant's 105 previous convictions (19 for theft), his heroin addiction and methadone treatment, and that the nine-month term runs concurrently with a five-year sentence for attempted hijacking.

    convicted, Martin Reilly, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Martin Reilly