Man who fraudulently claimed €65,000 in social welfare caught by facial-imaging technology
Mohammed Hamad pleaded guilty to ten sample charges of theft of rent allowance, job seekers allowance and basic supplementary allowance on dates between May 2009 and October 2013. Pictures: Collins Courts
Mon, 21 Dec, 2020 - 18:18
Sonya McLean
A man who fraudulently claimed over €65,000 in social welfare payments and was detected using facial-imaging technology has been given a three and half year suspended sentence.
Mohammed Hamad (37) of The Elm, Parkview, Stepaside, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to ten sample charges of theft of rent allowance, job seekers allowance and basic supplementary allowance on dates between May 2009 and October 2013.
Man receives 15 year sentence for horrific attack that left Offaly man basically incinerated
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A judge has jailed for 15 years a man he said had “murderous intent” during a brutal assault in which an Offaly man was stabbed 16 times before being set alight with the judge saying the victim had been “basically incinerated” in the attack.
Shaun Groome (32) told gardai he had not been happy with the victim s response to the death of a close friend of his and said he hoped the injured party died.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the garda view was the victim, Ciarán Murphy, was a low-level drug dealer and Groome was acting on misinformation that Mr Murphy was a garda informant.
He pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage by way of arson on the same date.
Groome s co-accused, David Keena, was jailed in October for five years for his role in the attack.
Keena (21), of Carrig Mor, Ballynacargy, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and criminal damage by way of arson. He was 17 at the time of the offence.
Judge Martin Nolan said Mr Murphy had been “basically incinerated” in the attack in which he incurred severe knife injuries and burns to 96pc of his body.
Judge Nolan said it seemed to him that for whatever reason, Groome had “murderous intent” that night but noted he had pleaded guilty to the offence of assault causing serious harm.
Limerick fraudster given one last chance to deal with his gambling addiction
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A JUDGE has given a convicted fraudster “one last chance” to deal with his gambling addiction after he admitted carrying out a rugby match ticket scam on a Westmeath publican.
Pat Sheedy, 51, of Cliona Park, Moyross, Limerick has 59 previous convictions for fraud offences, many of which involve deception. A number of his previous convictions relate to offences which occurred in Limerick.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard this Friday that in January 2019, Sheedy pleaded guilty to the theft of €548 from Westmeath publican Con Gilsenan.
Garda Damien Kelly told Aideen Collard BL, prosecuting, that Mr Gilsenan had made it known that he was looking for tickets for a Six Nations match between England and Ireland in February 2019.
Man jailed for his part in mob that tried to storm Dublin nightclub
Moses Lulendo (19) joined up with the group of males which tried to push past doormen at Lost Lane nightclub off Grafton St in 2019. By Declan Brennan Friday 18 Dec 2020, 4:37 PM Dec 18th 2020, 4:37 PM 34,648 Views 19 Comments
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A DUBLIN MAN who was part of a large mob who tried to storm their way into a nightclub has been jailed for 18 months.
Moses Lulendo (19) joined up with the group of males, some with their faces covered, which tried to push past doormen at Lost Lane nightclub off Grafton St, in the city centre on 7 July 2019.