Ireland Named in reporting
Daniel Ion
14 reports across 1 case, 2 Mar 2022 to 4 Nov 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Attempted coercion; impersonating a member of An Garda Síochána; assault; assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 14 reports, 2 Mar 2022 to 4 Nov 2022
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, kildarenow.com, thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com, extra.ie
Cases
latest first- Man jailed for impersonating garda and attempted coercion in Dublin Attempted coercion; impersonating a member of An Garda Síochána; assault; assault causing harm · Co. Dublin
In the early hours of 18 September 2021, Declan McGowan, a 33-year-old builder from Athy, Co Kildare, told 25-year-old Romanian woman Andra Calauz he was a garda and tried to get her into his car on Kimmage Road Lower, Dublin, before choking her husband Daniel Ion when he arrived. McGowan was arrested by gardaí who arrived within minutes and was charged with attempted coercion, impersonating a member of An Garda Síochána, assault, and assault causing harm. He pleaded not guilty but was found guilty on all four counts by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 7 March 2022 after a four-day trial. On 4 November 2022, Judge Patricia Ryan sentenced him to three years in prison, backdated from when he went into custody.
Sentenced, 4 Nov 2022Victim · 14 reports
Timeline
every report naming Daniel Ion, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 4 Nov2022Creepy fake Garda tried to get woman into car then choked husbandvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 4 Nov2022Local builder who impersonated garda going behind barsvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 4 Nov2022Pretend Kildare garda who tried to get woman into his car jailedvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 4 Nov2022Man who tried to lure woman into his car by pretending to be a garda jailed for three yearsvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 4 Nov2022Man who told woman he was a garda jailed for three yearsvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 28 Oct2022Local builder who impersonated garda tried to get woman into his carvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 28 Oct2022Kildare man tried to get a woman into his car late at night by pretending to be a gardavictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 8 Mar2022Builder said he was a garda to try get woman into his car in the middle of the night - Extra.ievictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 7 Mar2022Local builder who tried to get woman into car convicted of garda impersonationvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 7 Mar2022Kildare builder who attempted to get woman into his car convicted in garda impersonation trialvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 7 Mar2022Builder (33) found guilty of imitating a garda when trying to coerce woman into carvictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 7 Mar2022Man convicted of assaulting woman and pretending to be a gardavictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 4 Mar2022Jury deliberating in case of Kildare builder accused of trying to get woman into car by impersonating gardavictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
- 2 Mar2022Man goes on trial accused of assaulting woman and pretending to be a gardavictim, Daniel Ion, male, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Ion
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