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

Pete Farrell

1 report across 1 case, 11 Oct 2021 to 11 Oct 2021

Victim: Pete Farrell, Irish man (judged from name)Pete Farrell

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Robbery (mugging at knifepoint)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 11 Oct 2021 to 11 Oct 2021
Outlets
extra.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Joe Duffy Pete Farrell Canal
Joe Duffy Pete Farrell Canal
Photocredit not given by the outletvia extra.ie, 11 Oct 2021

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Cases

latest first
  • Knifepoint mugging on Royal Canal, Dublin under investigation Robbery (mugging at knifepoint) · Co. Dublin

    On Sunday night, 10 October 2021, Pete Farrell was walking along the Royal Canal in Dublin when a man on a bike approached him and asked if he wanted to buy drugs. After Farrell declined, a second man produced a knife and demanded he empty his pockets. Farrell threw himself into the canal to escape and swam to the other side unharmed, losing only his keys. He reported the incident to the Gardaí, and no arrests have been made.

    Reported, 11 Oct 2021Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Pete Farrell, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 11 Oct2021
    Reportedextra.ie, in Knifepoint mugging on Royal Canal, Dublin under investigation
    Man dives into Dublin canal to escape knifepoint mugging - Extra.ie
    victim, Pete Farrell, male, irish (judged from name)Pete Farrell

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