Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between April 1989 and April 1990, from the ages reported

Nationality

Romanian, as stated in a report

Offences

Burglary

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

1 report, 16 Apr 2024 to 16 Apr 2024

Outlets

irishtimes.com

• Romanian horse trainer jailed for two and a half years over CEX store burglaries in Cork Burglary · Co. Cork

  Romanian man Ion Barbolescu (34), a horse trainer who lost his job and accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic, was linked by CCTV footage to two burglaries at a CEX store on the Grand Parade in Cork, on January 11th and May 8th, 2022, in which over €30,000 of electronic equipment was reported stolen. Gardaí also found five similar break-ins at CEX stores in Dublin, Clare and Mayo, and he was arrested in relation to offences in Clare. He signed a guilty plea on December 19th, 2023, and pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of burglary. He was jailed for two and a half years, after a headline sentence of five years was reduced to three and a half for the plea with the final 12 months suspended, as reported on April 16th, 2024.

  Sentenced, 16 Apr 2024Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 16 Apr2024
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Romanian horse trainer jailed for two and a half years over CEX store burglaries in Cork

   Horse trainer turned to crime to feed drug habit after losing job and accommodation during Covid, court hears

   convicted, Ion Barbolescu, 34, male, Romanian, named, non-irishIon Barbolescu♂34RO

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