Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Helen Leigh

1 report across 1 case, 19 Jul 2021 to 19 Jul 2021

Victim: Helen Leigh, Irish woman (judged from name)Helen Leigh

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Armed robbery; possession of firearm; false imprisonment; threatening to kill; hijacking (unlawfully seizing a vehicle)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 19 Jul 2021 to 19 Jul 2021
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Cases

latest first
  • Trevor Byrne sentenced to 17.5 years for 2010 armed robbery of Boylesports in Swords Armed robbery; possession of firearm; false imprisonment; threatening to kill; hijacking (unlawfully seizing a vehicle) · Co. Dublin

    Trevor Byrne, 41, of Finglas West, Dublin, was sentenced at the Special Criminal Court to consecutive terms totalling 17.5 years for the armed robbery of Boylesports in Swords on 19 March 2010, during which he and an accomplice also hijacked a woman's car at gunpoint. He was convicted after his phone was found at the scene and he was identified on CCTV.

    Sentenced, 29 Jul 2021Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Helen Leigh, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 19 Jul2021
    In courtirishtimes.com, in Trevor Byrne sentenced to 17.5 years for 2010 armed robbery of Boylesports in Swords
    Armed robber and hijacker to be sentenced next week
    victim, Helen Leigh, female, irish (judged from name)Helen Leigh

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