Natasha Reid

3 weeks ago | dublinpeople.com | Natasha Reid |Padraig Conlon

By Natasha ReidA grandfather with no previous criminal record has been jailed for five years for using his job with DHL to hold and transport almost €1.4 million worth of drugs. Luke Kelly (54) of Griffith Parade, Glasnevin in Dublin was before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, where he had pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs for sale or supply on August 4, 2023.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Natasha Reid |Jane Matthews

A JUDGE HAS directed the Probation Services to carry out an assessment of a man who attempted to abduct a five-year-old child from an apartment building in Dublin last September. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the boy’s older sister managed to push Visak Rajesh Leela (26) away from her brother before both children ran away. Leela, with an address in South Dublin, pleaded guilty to the attempted abduction on 14 September last from an apartment block in Dublin.

2 months ago | thejournal.ie | Natasha Reid |Eimear Dodd |Niall O'Connor

A MAN WHO set fire to a house while a woman and her two young children were inside has been jailed for 16 months. One of the children was wounded by broken glass while trying to escape from a back window that David Fannin (29) had smashed before starting the fire. Fannin, of Edenmore Avenue, Coolock, Dublin, told gardaí he had been instructed to carry out the arson by another man, to whom he owed money.

2 months ago | mirror.co.uk | Natasha Reid |Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

A 'manipulative' drug addict has been jailed for having sex with his underage cousin after giving her cocaine. The 24-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, infected the 16-year-old girl with chlamydia after subjecting her to the attack at the flat he shared with his mother, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. He has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to the offence of defilement on May 9, 2021.

2 months ago | dailystar.co.uk | Claudia Trotman |Natasha Reid

A man pleaded guilty after giving his underage cousin chlamydia at the flat he shared with his mother, with a second count of defilement at the same location also taken into account20:42, 10 Feb 2025Updated 20:42, 10 Feb 2025A man was sentenced for having sex with his underage cousin (stock)(Image: Collins)A twisted 24-year-old man has been slammed with a 15-month jail sentence after he had sex with his underage cousin and gave her cocaine, leaving her suffering from chlamydia.