They stole 170 pairs of designer sunglasses and eyeglasses, which they then stuffed into a sleeping bag and dragged away, in an incident captured entirely on CCTV
Two men on a drugs binge who robbed €27,000 worth of sunglasses from the Ray-Ban store in Dublin city centre had taken “everything from tablets to crack cocaine”, a court has heard.
READ MORE: Garda killer Aaron Brady fails to overturn conviction as court rejects nearly 50 grounds of appeal Judge Nolan acknowledged the premises had been unoccupied at the time and that Kelly had been under the influence but said it was a “serious enough” burglary, noting the pair had caused over €4,000 of damage to the doors. The judge said Kelly, who is currently serving a separate sentence, has a long history of offending with 160 previous convictions, mostly from the District Court.
Derek Cooney BL, defending Kelly, described the robbery as a “hare-brained idea” by two people who got it into their heads that this would be an easy crime to fund their drug lifestyle. He said Kelly had met up with the co-accused on the day and gone on a binge, taking “everything from tablets to crack”.
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