Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between March 1986 and January 1987, from the ages reported

Offences

Robbery, Attempted robbery; robbery

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

2 reports, 4 Mar 2022 to 23 Jan 2026

Outlets

gript.ie, irishtimes.com

• Man sentenced for knife robbery at Circle K in Dublin Robbery · Co. Dublin

  Lee O'Brien, a 39-year-old man, was sentenced at Dublin District Court for a knife robbery at a Circle K on the Dundrum Road on 3 March 2021, in which he demanded and took €350 from employee Ms. Keenan. After changing clothes at a nearby apartment complex and leaving on a bike, he was identified on CCTV and a DNA sample matched to a cap and hoodie found in a rucksack. He failed to appear on his trial date and was later arrested on a bench warrant, with proceedings further delayed by covid lockdowns. The court, noting his 228 previous convictions and describing the offence as deliberate and organised, set a headline sentence of five years and passed a sentence of three years and three months with the final six months suspended.

  Sentenced, 23 Jan 2026Convicted · 1 report
• Man jailed for robbery and attempted robbery in Crumlin Attempted robbery; robbery · Co. Dublin

  On 23 April 2018, Lee O'Brien, a 35-year-old man, threatened three shop staff with a butter knife at Centra on Drimnagh Road, Crumlin, in an attempted robbery that failed when staff took the knife from him. Later the same day, he stole a till containing between €260 and €300 from Spar at Walkinstown Roundabout, Crumlin, after threatening a staff member. O'Brien, who has 175 previous convictions, pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison, noting there was no actual violence in either offence but the threat of violence was present in both.

  Sentenced, 4 Mar 2022Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 23 Jan2026
   Sentencedgript.ie, in Man sentenced for knife robbery at Circle K in Dublin

   Repeat offender held up Circle K with knife - Gript

   convicted, Lee O'Brien, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Lee O'Brien♂39IE
2. 4 Mar2022
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man jailed for robbery and attempted robbery in Crumlin

   Thief armed with butter knife, who failed to steal money, is jailed

   convicted, Lee O'Brien, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Lee O'Brien♂35IE

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