Man jailed for burning a toddler s face with a mini blow torch while high on magic mushrooms
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A man who walked up to two toddlers as they sat in a buggy outside their house and burnt one of their faces with a mini blowtorch has been jailed for 20 months.
The little boys were strapped into a bike buggy in their driveway waiting on their parents, who were preparing to go for a family outing, when the man approached the buggy and burnt the cheek of one child, before quickly leaving the scene.
Darren Brennan (30), of Whitechurch Road, Ballyboden, Dublin was high on magic mushrooms when he was partially captured on CCTV footage approaching the children.
Dublin man who burnt baby s face with mini blowtorch while sitting in buggy jailed for 20 months
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Husband and wife sentenced after they stole from two elderly women by telling them series of sob stories
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Husband and wife sentenced after they stole from two elderly women by telling them series of sob stories
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A man who conned hundreds of thousands of euro out of two elderly women – including the life-savings of one – by telling them a series of “sob stories” has been jailed for five years.
Gerry O Brien (41) convinced his victims that he was due to receive a substantial pay-out from an insurance claim before he stole €107,286 and €27,254 from them over a number of months.
His wife, Joanne O Brien (39), stole a total of €900 from one of the women on two occasions. She was given a suspended nine month sentence.