A father-of-two pointed a realistic looking imitation gun into the face of a cash-in-transit van driver during an armed hold up has been jailed for five years. .
Member of the Jehovah s Witness church admits sexual exploitation of young girl
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A member of the Jehovah s Witness church has admitted the sexual exploitation of a 13 year old girl.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was aged 29 when he met the girl through their mutual association with a local Jehovah s Witness congregation.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that over a period of time in 2016 he and the girl exchanged messages on Viber, including sexually explicit images of the child.
The offending came to light when the girl s older sister spotted the messages and semi-naked images on a shared computer device and alerted their mother.
Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang jailed for making and using fake credit cards
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Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang who made dozens of fake credit cards and used them in Dublin shops in the wake of a “deep” skim of UK bank customers details have been jailed.
Daniel Almajanu (35) made fake cards using a card reader/writer machine while Albert Gimy Linul (29) visited various shops buying things with the fake cards, including cartons of cigarettes which were then sold on.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that during an extensive skimming operation in the UK a Romanian criminal gang based there used a “deep insert skimmer” to collect details of customers of the HSBC bank outlets.
Life in an Irish prison has become very difficult for Romanian man Albert Gimy Linul.
It is hard enough for anyone to serve a prison sentence in a foreign country. It is now even tougher in this time of Covid.
But what s most difficult of all for the 29-year-old inmate is that he has been told he is in danger.
Albert Gimy Linul received a threat in prison last Monday and is taking it so seriously that he has asked to be moved to another prison. Organised crime gangs do not like to hear that their members have co-operated with the police.
A man who imported over €19,000 of cannabis with the intention of using it himself as pain relief has received a fully suspended sentence.
Llyod Pennant (60) was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2000 and is unable to take injections to treat his condition when his blood pressure drops below a certain level.
Pennant with an address at Bridge Street, Dundalk, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to importing drugs at Terminal 2, Alexandra Road, Dublin Port, on June 4, 2019.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply at the same address on the same date. He has 16 previous convictions, including convictions for deception, using a false instrument and possession of stolen property.