Homeless woman jailed for bizarre assault on shop staff
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A homeless woman who punched a man in his “rear end” before stabbing him with a suspected syringe in a row over cigarettes has been jailed for two and a half years.
Sarah Dunne (29) was engaging in “bizarre conduct, with no rhyme or reason” when she accosted the man who was standing outside the shop he worked in on North Portland Street, Dublin, in November 2019, defence counsel said.
Dunne asked the man for a cigarette before throwing her bike on the ground and screaming at him when he said he had none left, Garda Conor Mulhern told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday.
A judge has ordered that cash which was posted from the US to an allegedly fictitious person at a house in Sligo is to be forfeited as the proceeds of.
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Defence solicitor Donal Quigley told the judge on Friday that his client had signed a plea of guilty which was lodged in court.
Judge Kelly told him he was being sent forward sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on April 16 next.
The accused was remanded on continuing bail.
Earlier, Detective Garvan Lennon of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau said it was alleged the accused was involved in 15 ATM “transaction reverse frauds”. Bank machines were “manipulated” and cash was “forcibly removed”, he said.
Detective Garda Lennon said there was CCTV evidence and the accused had rented Go Car vehicle, a €9 an hour car sharing service.