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A drug addict, who partially stripped his victim at scissors-point and cut his hair in a âhumiliatingâ attack, has been jailed for five years.
Myles Connors (24), of Bearna Park, Sandyford, Co Dublin, was jailed on Monday for carrying out the false imprisonment and assault of Edward Babos in April 2020 as well as a robbery in November 2018.
Connors and another man strip-searched Mr Babos in his friendâs home because âthey thought he had a bag of gearâ on him, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.
Connors then cut Mr Babosâs hair with the scissors and forced him into his car to bring him to an ATM to âget any money he hadâ.
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”.
A TEENAGER who recorded his accomplice stabbing a man on Snapchat has been remanded on bail pending sentence for assault.
Jason Finnegan (18) was with Mark Pidgeon (30) when they called to the flat of Kenneth Osbourne, who owed Finnegan €300 or €400.
Detective Garda Graham O Neill told Elva Duffy BL, prosecuting, that Finnegan recorded the incident and captured the initial conversation between all three before it showed Pidgeon lash in the direction of the victim with a large knife and stab him a number of times.
Finnegan can be heard shouting words of encouragement such as lash him, lash him out of it and calls Mr Osbourne a rat , Det-Gda O Neill told the court.
Teenager who recorded a stabbing on Snapchat to be sentenced later for assault
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A teenager who recorded his accomplice stabbing a man on Snapchat has been remanded on bail pending sentence for assault.
Jason Finnegan (18) was with Mark Pidgeon (30) when they called to the flat of Kenneth Osbourne, who owed Finnegan €300 or €400.
Detective Garda Graham O’Neill told Elva Duffy BL, prosecuting, that Finnegan recorded the incident and captured the initial conversation between all three before it showed Pidgeon lash in the direction of the victim with a large knife and stab him a number of times.
Finnegan can be heard “shouting words of encouragement” such as “lash him, lash him out of it” and calls Mr Osbourne “a rat”, Det Gda O’Neill told the court.