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Louth gardai who received a 999 call about a man being abducted forced entry to a house to find the victim crouched in a bath and covered in blood, a court has heard.
Dean Thornton (23), was jailed for three years for his role in the offence. He was described in court as not being one of the ring leaders in the attack.
Thornton, with an address at Beechwood Drive, Marley s Lane, Drogheda, Co Louth pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Aaron Rochford at the Moneymore Estate, Drogheda on November 11, 2018.
Gardai were policing the estate on the night in question as there were heightened tensions as a result of an ongoing feud. After a 999 call outlined serious concerns for the safety of a man described as being abducted , the armed support unit breached the front door of a house in the estate.
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Teenager who stabbed man with screwdriver for not giving him a cigarette jailed
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A teenager who stabbed with a screwdriver a man who did not give him a cigarette has been jailed for ten months.
Dubliner Ross Crea (18) was aged 16 when he committed the “completely senseless act of violence” and upon his arrest he was “extremely intoxicated” to the point of being unable to get to his feet in a garda station.
Crea of Hardwicke Street in the city centre pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm at Cope Street, Dublin 2 on April 18, 2019. His previous convictions include robbery, attempted robbery and criminal damage.
Former bank worker avoids jail for child pornography offences
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A former bank worker caught with thousands of sexually explicit images of children has been given a fully suspended sentence.
Robert Traynor (54) told gardaí that he believed the images were of adults posing as children, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.
Traynor, with an address in Crumlin, Dublin pleaded guilty to possession of 1,938 images and 183 videos of child pornography on February 2, 2018. He also admitted the production of 1,650 computer generated images on September 22, 2014, contrary to the 1998 child trafficking pornography act.
Sentencing him on Friday, Judge Pauline Codd said the offending material involved the “gross exploitation” of children, which she described as “abhorrent”.