Ireland Named in reporting
Benjamin Morrissey
Born between March 2001 and March 2002, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 2 cases, 11 Mar 2022 to 7 Feb 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, suspect
- Born
- Between March 2001 and March 2002, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault (stabbing); attempted robbery, Assault
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 11 Mar 2022 to 7 Feb 2025
- Outlets
- dublinlive.ie, irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Prison officer injured in Mountjoy Prison attack, prisoner suspected Assault · Co. Dublin
Benjamin Morrissey, who has almost 80 convictions, is the sole suspect in an attack on a prison officer, a man, at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin on the Sunday before 7 February 2025. The officer suffered facial injuries that required plastic surgery and is out of work. Morrissey had pleaded guilty to charges arising from a 2020 offence in Dublin and a 2021 attempted robbery on O'Connell Street, and in 2022 he was jailed for six years for two separate attacks. Gardaí and prison authorities are investigating, and Morrissey has been moved to the A5 unit of Portlaoise Prison, where he is barrier-handled and kept away from the rest of the prison population.
Reported, 7 Feb 2025Suspect · 1 report - Man sentenced for stabbing and attempted robbery in Dublin Assault (stabbing); attempted robbery · Co. Dublin
Benjamin Morrissey, a 20-year-old man formerly of Dublin and Belfast, stabbed Daniel Shortt in the neck on St Augustine Street, Dublin 8, on 9 August 2020, leaving a four-inch wound and nerve damage. On 5 February 2021, Morrissey used a pair of scissors to attempt to rob BB Sondegur of her electric scooter on O'Connell Street, Dublin. He pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Shortt and to attempted robbery of Sondegur. Judge Elma Sheahan sentenced him to eight years in prison, suspending the final two years and backdating the sentence for time already served.
Sentenced, 11 Mar 2022Convicted · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Benjamin Morrissey, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 7 Feb2025Prisoner jailed for Dublin scissors attack moved to same unit as serial killersuspect, Benjamin Morrissey, male, named, irish (judged from name)Benjamin Morrissey
- 11 Mar2022Man with 78 convictions jailed for six years for violent street attacksconvicted, Benjamin Morrissey, 20, male, named, irish (judged from name)Benjamin Morrissey
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