Judge Colin Daly jailed Jason Curtin - who had 190 previous convictions - for four years with the final year suspended
A man in the throes of a heroin addiction who robbed a delivery van containing over €1million worth of pharmaceutical products, after the driver left the keys in the ignition, did not know the expensive cargo was on board, a court heard.
Outlining the facts of the van theft, prosecuting barrister, John O’Sullivan, said: "The driver left his keys in the ignition, the accused saw his opportunity and he brazenly sat into the van and stole it." Gardai found Curtin a short time later hiding in a ditch at the house, wearing the stolen cap and in possession of the keys to the stolen van.Gardai agreed with Curtin’s barrister that the van theft on July 20, 2024, was "a crime of opportunism."
"He says he has made mistakes and he hopes the van driver hasn’t got into trouble because of his actions. Mr Curtin says he is not a bad person but that drugs turn him into a different person." The judge imposed two four-year jail sentences, to run concurrently, and backdated to July 20 last, for the van theft and shed burglary.
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