Ireland Named in reporting
John Sheerin
Born between December 1951 and April 1952, from the ages reported. 12 reports across 1 case, 1 Jul 2021 to 10 Dec 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between December 1951 and April 1952, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Aggravated burglary; assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Offaly
- Reporting
- 12 reports, 1 Jul 2021 to 10 Dec 2022
- Outlets
- leinsterexpress.ie, offalyexpress.ie
Cases
latest first- Two men sentenced for aggravated burglary and assault in Clara, Offaly Aggravated burglary; assault causing harm · Co. Offaly
Two men, Dylan Coughlan, 22, and Wayne Dolan, 35, both of Clara, County Offaly, entered the home of 70-year-old John Sheerin at Kinclare, Clara, in the early hours of 1 September 2019, beat him with shovels, threatened him with a knife, and stole €700, before assaulting Derek Tuite at his home at Railway View, Clara, the same night. Coughlan was arrested in September 2019 and both men were charged with aggravated burglary and assault. A trial in July 2021 was cut short when the jury was discharged, and Dolan later pleaded guilty while Coughlan was found guilty by a jury in May 2022. Both men were sentenced at Tullamore Circuit Court in December 2022 to a total of 18 years in prison.
Sentenced, 7 Dec 2022Victim · 12 reports
Timeline
every report naming John Sheerin, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 10 Dec2022Judge announces sentences midlands burglars who attacked pensioner with shovelvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 7 Dec2022Judge announces sentences for Offaly burglars who attacked pensioner with shovelvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 12 May2022Jury deliver verdicts in Offaly burglary and assault trialvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 10 May2022Jury in Offaly burglary and assault trial view Clara CCTV footagevictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 10 May2022Offaly burglary and assault trial hears from grandmother and aunt of accused manvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 6 May2022Offaly pensioner tells of ordeal when men attacked him in his bedvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 6 May2022Offaly trial hears elderly man was asleep before burglars assaulted and robbed himvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 6 May2022UPDATE: Offaly trial hears man begged his attackers to stopvictim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 27 Apr2022Man denies assault and producing knife during Offaly burglaryvictim, John Sheerin, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 15 Apr2022Offaly burglary victim thought man 'was going to knife him'victim, John Sheerin, 70, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 2 Jul2021Trial of two Offaly men cut short as jury is dischargedvictim, John Sheerin, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
- 1 Jul2021Offaly pensioner tells trial he was hit with shovel and had knife to throat during burglaryvictim, John Sheerin, male, irish (judged from name)John Sheerin
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