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Tuesday 28 March 2023 Dublin: 8°C

# Jailed

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# Courts
Former psychic jailed for seven and a half years for money laundering of €1.6 million
After over two weeks of evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on 20 counts.
# Gheorghe Goidan
Man jailed for 20 years for raping two sex workers on the same day
Ms Justice Tara Burns said that Gheorghe Goidan (46), a Romania national, had preyed upon the vulnerability of the two women.
# Crusader
Man who stole mummified head from St Michan's Church jailed for 28 months
The court heard that the crypt’s tour guide discovered the break in on 25 February.
# Courts
Man (57) who spied on children in public toilets using hidden cameras is jailed
Kieran Griffin was sentenced to a total of three years in prison for a range of sexual offences.
# Jailed
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson given nine-month jail sentence
Robinson was found guilty last week of being in contempt of court.
# peter bradshaw
Man jailed for eight years for starting fire that spread to neighbours' apartments
Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to 11 years imprisonment, but suspended the final three years of the sentence on strict conditions.
# Jailed
Man who led gardaí on high speed car chase and crashed outside a school is jailed
Bernard Kelly (38) broke red lights and mounted the pavement outside the school.
# Jailed
Man jailed for handling stolen vehicles after arranging to meet undercover guard to sell jet ski
The man was connected to stolen vehicles by means of fingerprint evidence.
# Jailed
Father and son jailed for hammer assault on former family friend
Michael Reilly Senior and his son Michael F Reilly Junior have been jailed for 40 months and 20 months respectively.
# Jailed
Cyprus court hands 7 life terms to 'first serial killer'
He said he was “tortured by memories” and could not explain why he had carried out the killings.
# Courts
Man who was sentenced in his absence for rape and sexual assault of boy is jailed
Anthony Moynihan was jailed today after he was brought into court following the execution of a warrant.
# Jailed
Limerick man who made death threats through Facebook to rape victim jailed for six years
The 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to raping the 19-year-old victim in November 2015,
# Sexual Abuse
Man who repeatedly abused his niece during 'perverted games' jailed for 11 years
The attacks took place regularly while he was babysitting the child at weekends.
# Wikileaks
Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching bail in UK
The Wikileaks founder faces a separate court battle to prevent his extradition to the US.
# appeal
Mother jailed after 8-year-old son missed over 240 school days released to appeal case
The woman, who is in her 30s, was convicted at Dublin District Court of neglecting the boy’s education.
# Graham Stafford
Man jailed after breaking into terminally ill woman's house and repeatedly beating her son
Graham Stafford (36) has been jailed for four and a half years.
# john cash
Man who previously knocked down and killed French tourists jailed for driving at garda
John Cash received a three and a half year sentence.
# Sentenced
Banned hit-and-run driver who seriously injured cyclist jailed for five years
Jonathan Wainyae pleaded guilty to causing serious bodily injury.
# Grand Jury
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case
“In solidarity with many activists facing the odds, I will stand by my principles,” Manning said.
# Sentenced
Man who trapped and attacked woman in laneway jailed for five years
Chico Makamda has 15 previous convictions, including for an offence of indecency.
# Courts
Man jailed for seven years after smuggling €1.2 million worth of heroin into Dublin airport
Mudassar Khan’s bags were searched and customs official found 13kg of heroin wrapped up in one suitcase.
# Jailed
Family 'devastated' at six year sentence for man who killed taxi driver
Martin Mulligan was stabbed to death by Joseph Hillen on 28 September 2015.
# ian naude
British police officer jailed for 25 years for raping 13-year-old girl
He was found guilty of picking her up off the street and raping her in the back seat of his car.
# Charlottesville
Charlottesville neo-Nazi murderer sentenced to life in prison plus 419 years
James Alex Fields (21) was convicted of murdering 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer.
# Cork
'No social or economic sense': IPRT criticise prison sentence after woman jailed for damaging a €1.50 tube of Pringles
Judge Brian O’Shea described Kathleen McDonagh’s actions as “smart-alec behaviour”.
# Jailed
Man rammed girlfriend's face off door and kicked her in head with steel-toe shoe
Joseph Fraser attacked his girlfriend after she hid his car keys so he wouldn’t drink-drive, a court heard.
# Jailed
Italian World Cup winner Iaquinta jailed for firearms possession and mafia links
The 38-year-old has been given a two-year sentence by an Italian court.
# Patrick Byrnes
Limerick man (78) jailed for six years for raping one and sexually abusing two of his daughters over 10-year period
Three of the indecent assault charges involved Byrnes “willing” the family dog to engage in sexual acts with one daughter.
# Naa’imur Rahman
Man jailed in London for planning terrorist attack to kill Theresa May
Naa’imur Rahman pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in assisting the preparation of terrorist acts.
# Jailed
Roma fan jailed for his part in violent scenes outside Anfield the night Sean Cox was injured
Daniel Sciusco was jailed for two and a half years.
# Iran
British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe jailed in Iran is granted temporary release
She is serving a five-year jail sentence for alleged sedition – a charge she has always denied.
# Safaa Boular
'Filled with hate and toxic ideology': Teen jailed for planning terror attack in London
Safaa Boular had set about plotting an attack in the UK after she was prevented from travelling to Syria to marry a Daesh fighter.
# Jailed
Two Dublin men jailed for IRA membership
The men’s sentences were backdated to 2 August 2017 when they went into custody.
# KEVIN HANNAWAY
'Hooded Man' Kevin Hannaway gets three years and nine months for assisting the IRA
Hannaway was one of a number of men interned at a secret base in Derry in 1971.
# Convicted
Man who raped sister-in-law when she was 15 is jailed for nine years
The woman described how she had no prior knowledge of sex the day the man raped her.
# Guilty
Former Defence Forces member who recorded young girl exposing herself jailed
The girl was aged between 11 and 13 years old at the time of the offence.
# Courts
Teenager jailed after deliberately driving car at garda patrol vehicle
Ross Thompson pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two charges of endangerment and a charge of dangerous driving.
# worcester
British man who killed neighbour who had a disability jailed for life
Julie Fox’s body was found in a cupboard at her home in Worcester.
# Sentenced
Here's who been jailed over Ireland's banking crisis so far
David Drumm has became the fourth person to be jailed over his role in a bank fraud scheme 10 years ago.
# Sentenced
Man who walked around north Dublin with realistic AK47 jailed for 2.5 years
Eoin Berkeley has already served 18 months on remand.