Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

Between May 1973 and May 1974, from the ages reported

Offences

Theft, Robbery

Where

Co. Offaly

Reporting

2 reports, 5 May 2022 to 30 Mar 2023

Outlets

irishtimes.com, offalyexpress.ie

• Two sentenced over 2020 Offaly robbery of 80-year-old man Robbery · Co. Offaly

  On 19 September 2020, three masked men allegedly tied Martin Dibbs, an 80-year-old man, to a chair at his farmyard in Offaly and took €45, his shotgun and his jeep. Gardaí were notified at 2.06pm that day. Edward Morrissey, a man, and Therese King, a woman, were charged with robbery, and the other two alleged raiders were not prosecuted due to lack of evidence. In March 2023 at Mullingar Circuit Court, Morrissey was sentenced to six years and six months, with the final three years suspended, and King to three years suspended in its entirety with a €10,000 compensation condition.

  Sentenced, 30 Mar 2023Convicted · 1 report
• Handbag theft in Banagher adjourned at Tullamore District Court Theft · Co. Offaly

  Edward Morrissey, a 48-year-old man, was charged with theft after taking an unattended handbag in a licensed premises in Banagher, County Offaly, on 31 October 2021 and handing it to another man who hid it under his jumper. The handbag contained an iPhone 8, a Samsung phone, bank cards, a passport, a driver's licence, a PPS card, and cash; the passport was found in a field the following day and the phones were returned, but a debit card, cash, and the driving licence were not recovered. The second man had died by the time of the court hearing. The case was heard at Tullamore District Court in May 2022, where Judge Patricia Cronin adjourned it to 8 June 2022.

  In court, 5 May 2022Accused · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 30 Mar2023
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Two sentenced over 2020 Offaly robbery of 80-year-old man

   Pair sentenced after man (80) tied to chair and threatened with shotgun during €45 robbery

   convicted, Edward Morrissey, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Morrissey♂IE
2. 5 May2022
   In courtoffalyexpress.ie, in Handbag theft in Banagher adjourned at Tullamore District Court

   Man in court after stealing handbag in pub in Offaly

   accused, Edward Morrissey, 48, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Morrissey♂48IE

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