Patrick Maughan sentenced to two years for stealing phone after answering video call on it
Patrick Maughan, 27, of Kimmage, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing a mobile phone from a 64-year-old care assistant on Harold's Cross Road, Terenure, on 15 September 2023. Maughan and an unnamed accomplice chased the victim across the road, punched and kicked him, and stole his phone; Gardaí arrived while both men were still at the scene and found four mobile phones on Maughan, who had answered a video call on the stolen phone. An additional charge of assault causing harm was taken into account, and the victim was treated in hospital for cuts to his hands and legs. Judge Elma Sheahan reduced a four-year sentence to two years, to run consecutively to a 13-year sentence Maughan was already serving. The accomplice, described as the instigator, remains unlawfully at large.
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- Arrestednot reported
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- Sentenced21 Jul
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Maughan and an unnamed accomplice chased a 64-year-old care assistant across the road, punched and kicked him while he was on the ground, and stole his phone.
- Gardaí arrived while both men were still at the scene and found four mobile phones on Maughan, who had answered a video call on the stolen phone.
- The victim was treated in hospital for cuts to his hands and legs.
- Where
- The incident took place on Harold's Cross Road, Terenure, Dublin.
- When
- The incident took place on 15 September 2023.
- Charges
- An additional charge of assault causing harm was taken into account.
- In court
- Maughan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft of a mobile phone.
- Sentence
- Judge Elma Sheahan reduced a four-year sentence to two years, to run consecutively to a 13-year sentence already serving.
- Other details
- Maughan's 42 previous convictions include two for rape, two for sexual assault, one for false imprisonment, one for assault causing harm, four for theft and one for robbery.
- The accomplice, described as the instigator and more aggressive than Maughan, remains unlawfully at large.
- Maughan woke up in hospital with no memory of what had happened.
- Maughan had a bail bond in his pocket bearing his name.
13 statements extracted from the articles
- whatAn additional charge of assault causing harm was taken into account (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe victim was a 64-year-old care assistant (irishtimes.com)
- whatMaughan punched and kicked the victim while he was on the ground (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe victim was chased across the road by both men who continued the attack (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe victim's phone was stolen during the attack (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe men told the victim they had thrown his phone into a nearby bin (irishtimes.com)
- whatGardaí arrived while both men were still at the scene and found four mobile phones on Maughan (irishtimes.com)
- whatMaughan had a bail bond in his pocket bearing his name (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe injured party was treated in hospital for cuts to his hands and legs (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe incident took place on 15 September 2023 (irishtimes.com)
- courtJudge Elma Sheahan imposed a four-year sentence reduced to two years (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceMaughan was given a two-year sentence to run consecutively to a 13-year sentence already serving (irishtimes.com)
- otherMaughan woke up in hospital with no memory of what had happened (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 21 Jul2026Dublin thief who was caught after he answered video call on phone he had just stolen is sentenced to two years
Sentencing report. Maughan received a two-year sentence (reduced from four) to run consecutively to a 13-year sentence already serving. His accomplice, the initial aggressor, remains unlawfully at large.
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