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

Jonathan Whelan

Born between March 1974 and March 1975, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 1 Mar 2023 to 1 Mar 2023

Suspect: Jonathan Whelan, Irish man, 48 (judged from name)Jonathan Whelan

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
Between March 1974 and March 1975, from the ages reported
Offences
Assault causing harm; possession of cannabis for sale or supply
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
2 reports, 1 Mar 2023 to 1 Mar 2023
Outlets
thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Jonathan Whelan (48) became paranoid and thought the woman had stolen some of his cannabis, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard
Jonathan Whelan (48) became paranoid and thought the woman had stolen some of his cannabis, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard
PhotoMatt Kavanaghvia irishtimes.com, 1 Mar 2023

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Cases

latest first
  • Man jailed for assault causing harm and cannabis offences in Dublin Assault causing harm; possession of cannabis for sale or supply · Co. Dublin

    On 4 April 2021 Jonathan Whelan, 48, and another man beat a neighbour with a metal rod at Whelan's flat on North Great Charles Street, Dublin 1, after Whelan became paranoid that she had stolen his cannabis. Whelan went into custody on 7 April 2021 and initially rejected the complaints. He later pleaded guilty to assault causing harm. On 1 March 2023 he was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to eight and a half years in total, four years for the assault and four and a half years, to run consecutively, for possessing cannabis for sale or supply.

    Sentenced, 1 Mar 2023Convicted · 2 reports

Timeline

every report naming Jonathan Whelan, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 1 Mar2023
    Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Man jailed for assault causing harm and cannabis offences in Dublin
    Man jailed for eight and half years for torturing neighbour he thought had stolen his drugs
    convicted, Jonathan Whelan, 48, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jonathan Whelan
  2. 1 Mar2023
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man jailed for assault causing harm and cannabis offences in Dublin
    Man jailed for subjecting neighbour to ‘prolonged and terrifying attack’
    convicted, Jonathan Whelan, 48, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jonathan Whelan

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