A serial burglar with over 140 previous convictions who held a screwdriver to the neck of a primary school principal during an armed raid in Co Longford last year has been sentenced to three years in prison.
James Cranny (38), of 14 Meadow Crest, Boyle, Co Roscommon was handed down the sentence at a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court this morning following an incident at St Joseph s National School, Dublin Road, Longford on August 27, 2020.
Cranny pleaded guilty to two charges of robbery, three charges of attempted robbery and one charge relating to the possession of a weapon contrary to the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990.
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Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 14:22 Updated: Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 14:24 Liam Cosgrove
The photograph taken by Beatrice Shanley during the attack at St Joseph’s National School in Longford.
A serial burglar who held a screwdriver to the neck of a primary school principal during an armed raid in Co Longford last year has been sentenced to three years in prison.
James Cranny (38), of Meadow Crest, Boyle, Co Roscommon, was sentenced at a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday morning following an incident at St Joseph’s National School, Dublin Road, Longford, on August 27th, 2020.
A mother of three has told of how she is lucky to be alive after quick thinking gardai found her ex partner strangling her in bed over a year ago.
Karen Galvin said she would not be able to relive the moments which led up to an incident at her home in Co Longford in September 2019 had gardai not arrived on the scene when they did.
Ms Galvin told a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court of how being pinned to a bed and choked by her then partner Brendan Kellegher (33), Drumlish Hill, Drumlish, Co Longford had left her with everyday emotional, mental and psychological scars.
A NATIONAL school principal has told of how utter fear and trepidation consumed her after a masked raider held a screwdriver to her throat during an armed robbery at a Co Longford school last year.
Orla Egan told a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court this afternoon of the moments which led up to an incident at St Joseph s National School, Dublin Road, Longford on August 27, 2020.
Ms Egan said she had called a meeting of the school s board of management in a bid to devise a Covid-19 response plan to the ongoing public health emergency.
James Cranny (38), Meadow Crest, Boyle, Co Roscommon pleaded guilty to six counts of robbery, attempted robbery and the production of a screwdriver.