Ireland Named in reporting
Stephen Cooper
Born between June 1984 and June 1985, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 2 cases, 28 Jun 2022 to 29 Jun 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between June 1984 and June 1985, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault causing harm; sexual assault; threat to kill; production of an article capable of inflicting harm, Assault causing harm; sexual assault; threat to kill; production of a weapon
- Where
- Co. Dublin, Co. Kildare
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 28 Jun 2022 to 29 Jun 2022
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, rte.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, kildarenow.com, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Former garda and man jailed for sexual assault in Dublin Assault causing harm; sexual assault; threat to kill; production of an article capable of inflicting harm · Co. Dublin
In April 2021, Stephen Cooper (37), a former garda from Tallaght, Co Dublin, and Stephen McGrath (37), a man from Rathcoole, Co Dublin, assaulted two women at houses in Naas, Co Kildare and Rathcoole, Co Dublin, at the end of a four-day drink and drug binge. Cooper forced one woman into a strip search and inserted his fingers into her body, while McGrath kicked, punched, tore hair from, and sexually assaulted the second woman after accusing her of stealing cocaine. Both men threatened the women with being driven to the mountains and buried. Cooper pleaded guilty to assault causing harm, a threat to kill, and production of an article capable of inflicting harm, while McGrath admitted sexual assault and assault causing harm. At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 28 June 2022, Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Cooper to six years in two consecutive three-year terms and McGrath to eight years.
Sentenced, 28 Jun 2022Convicted · 3 reports - Two men sentenced for assault and sexual assault in Kildare and Dublin Assault causing harm; sexual assault; threat to kill; production of a weapon · Co. Kildare
In April 2021, Stephen Cooper, 37, a Dublin man and former garda, and Stephen McGrath, 37, carried out a series of drug and alcohol-fuelled assaults on two women at houses in Naas, Co Kildare, and Rathcoole, Co Dublin, during a four-day binge that began in a hotel in Kildare. Cooper forced one woman to undergo a strip search after claiming she had stolen drugs, while McGrath kicked, punched, and sexually assaulted the second woman, who was also told she would be driven to the mountains and buried. Both men pleaded guilty to charges including assault causing harm, sexual assault, threat to kill, and production of a weapon. In June 2022, Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced Cooper to six years in consecutive terms and McGrath to eight years.
Sentenced, 28 Jun 2022Convicted · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Stephen Cooper, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 29 Jun2022Former garda jailed for sickening 'alcohol-fuelled' assaults on womenconvicted, Stephen Cooper, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Stephen Cooper
- 28 Jun2022Ex-garda and another man jailed over 'cruel' assaultsconvicted, Stephen Cooper, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Stephen Cooper
- 28 Jun2022Former garda who served time for Electric Picnic incident jailed for drug and alcohol fuelled assaults on two womenconvicted, Stephen Cooper, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Stephen Cooper
- 28 Jun2022Former garda and another man jailed for drug and alcohol-fuelled assaults on two women in Naas, Co Kildare, and Rathcooleconvicted, Stephen Cooper, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Stephen Cooper
- 28 Jun2022Ex-garda and second man jailed for assaults on two womenconvicted, Stephen Cooper, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Stephen Cooper
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