Ireland Crime

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Convicted

Offences

Conspiracy to commit criminal damage

Where

Co. Offaly

Reporting

2 reports, 7 May 2024 to 9 May 2024

Outlets

offalyexpress.ie

• Two men sentenced for conspiracy to commit criminal damage in Tullamore Conspiracy to commit criminal damage · Co. Offaly

  In March 2021, Padraig Power, 28, of Tullamore, sent text messages to John Brickland of Castletroy, Limerick, offering him €1,000 to set fire to Detective Sergeant Caroline Lyng's patrol car. The offence came to light when Brickland was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage relating to his family home, and the messages were found on his seized phone. Power was subsequently arrested and taken to Tullamore Garda Station. Both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal damage at Tullamore Circuit Court on 7 May 2024. Power received a three-year, six-month sentence suspended for 18 months on a €500 bond, and Brickland received a three-year sentence suspended for five years on a €500 bond with a €5,000 donation to the Garda Benevolent Fund.

  Sentenced, 7 May 2024Convicted · 2 reports

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1. 9 May2024
   Sentencedoffalyexpress.ie, in Two men sentenced for conspiracy to commit criminal damage in Tullamore

   Two men sentenced for conspiring to set fire to Garda car in Tullamore

   convicted, John Brickland, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Brickland♂IE
2. 7 May2024
   Sentencedoffalyexpress.ie, in Two men sentenced for conspiracy to commit criminal damage in Tullamore

   Two men sentenced for conspiring to set fire to Garda car

   convicted, John Brickland, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Brickland♂IE

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