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A store attendant who was shocked when a teenager hit her with a metal bar while robbing the store where she worked has been praying for the young man’s rehabilitation, according to a court.
A lawyer for Dylan Barry (19), Sinead Behan BL told the Cork Circuit Criminal Court that the woman had relayed a message to Barry’s family that he was praying for him after he beat her during a robbery early in the morning. the morning.
Det Garda Gary Purtill told the court how Barry and a co-defendant, Adrian Cummins (22), broke into a house on Morne Avenue in Glen in Cork around 6:40 a.m. on February 28 and stole the keys to the car.
They left in the owner’s jeep. Cummins led them first to Whitechurch and then to Grenagh, where Barry entered the local Costcutters store and joined a queue at the box to buy some candy.
However, when the clerk opened the box, Barry pulled out a metal baton and hit the woman on the arm. He managed to get € 45 cash out of the box, only to be stopped by the store manager and a customer.
While they were able to stop Barry until the gardaí arrived, Cummins took off in the stolen jeep, crashing him into Ballymorisheen in Grenagh. Then he made his way to a farmer’s yard where he tried to hook three cars into a shed.
The farmer discovered Cummins trying to knock on the door of the shed and stopped him until Gardaí arrived. But officers had to wait for both defendants to get sober before being able to question them because they were highly intoxicated, according to the court.
Det Garda Purtill said that the money stolen by Barry was recovered. Cummins caused € 12,000 worth of damage to the stolen jeep, which was a cancellation, as well as more than € 2,000 in damage to the cars he tried to connect.
Barry, from Kilnap Place, Farranree in Cork, had no prior convictions. Cummins, of Sunview Court, Sunvalley Drive, Fairhill in Cork, had a series of minor convictions for public order offenses and traffic matters.
Defense attorneys Sinead Behan BL and John Devlin BL pleaded for mercy for their clients. They noted that by pleading guilty to all crimes, they had saved the state the costs of a trial and should be given credit for it.
Barry had pleaded guilty to one count of theft, one of theft and one of illegal use of a car. Cummins had pleaded guilty to ten crimes, including two counts of theft, one of theft and four of criminal damages.
Judge Helen Boyle said the first pleas were to her credit. He noted that Barry had no prior convictions, while Cummins had only minor prior convictions.
He sentenced the two defendants to two years in prison, but suspended the last 12 months in the Barry case, leaving him with one year to serve, and the last six months in the Cummins case, leaving him with 18 months to serve.
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