Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between January 1996 and January 1997, from the ages reported

Offences

Robbery; attempted robbery; hijacking

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

1 report, 17 Jan 2023 to 17 Jan 2023

Outlets

thejournal.ie

• Man sentenced for Finglas knife-point robbery and hijacking spree Robbery; attempted robbery; hijacking · Co. Dublin

  On 4 May 2022, man Karl McDermott, 26, carried out a 45-minute spree of knife-point robberies and a bicycle hijacking in the Finglas area of Dublin, stealing cigarettes, a mobile phone, cash and other belongings from three victims at a supermarket, a filling station, a café and a convenience store. He was arrested as he attempted to leave the filling station and taken to Finglas Garda Station, where a knife, mobile phones, cash and a bicycle were recovered. In January 2023, McDermott pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and was sentenced to five and a half years for the May 2022 offences, consecutive to a three-year term for a December 2021 knife-point attempted robbery at a Circle K on Clonshaugh Road. The final year of the eight-and-a-half-year total was suspended on condition he keep the peace and engage with the Probation Service for one year.

  Sentenced, 17 Jan 2023Convicted · 1 report

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1. 17 Jan2023
   Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Man sentenced for Finglas knife-point robbery and hijacking spree

   Man jailed for seven and half years for early morning spree of knife point robberies

   convicted, Karl McDermott, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Karl McDermott♂26IE

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