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A MAN IN his 20s has been arrested following an aggravated burglary at a house in Ballinasloe, Co Galway in the early hours of this morning.
The incident happened shortly before 2am this morning at a house on Jubilee Street in the town.
Gardaí say a man forced his way into the home of an 80-year-old man and assaulted him. The raider then brought the pensioner a bank machine on Dunlo Street, where he attempted to force him to withdraw cash. A member of the public who happened to be passing, intervened and the attacker fled.
Gardaí subsequently arrested a man in his 20s following an investigation into the incident. He is detained at Ballinasloe Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The elderly victim was taken to Portiuncula Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries. He has since been released.
Gardaí are asking anyone who was in the Jubilee Street or Dunlo Street areas of Ballinasloe between 2am and 3am on Saturday morning, to contact them at Ballinasloe Garda Station on 090 9631890.
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Low life bastard give him ten yrs in jail
He’s probably out on early release !
At least 10
@ Franco Early release for Good Behaviour
Death penalty’
Sc^mbag. Fair play to the passer by that intervened. More common nowadays for people to stand back and watch.
Shocking the old man Living his last few years in terror What type of person does this ??
The type of person who knows at worst he will prob get 6 months in jail
Article in Laois newspaper where drug dealer that the judge labeled ‘the scourge of Mounthrath’ and has 11previous convictions is sentenced to 8 months. The laws an ass
Agreed Seamus, and what’s even more perplexing, is that if he had ten times that amount of convictions, the penalty would be pretty much the same. I’m completely baffled as to why this the case.
The poor old gentleman , I hope he recovers from his ordeal . He deserves better.
I hope he gets jail, he will have to stand up to guys his own age.
@ karma will come and bite his ass or with justice maybe his ass will get more than karma !
asal….jail to good for him….hard labour will do him world of good, plenty of roads to be repaired….+ cut his dole
Are judges hands tied on these issues? If not wtf? Why are they not giving max sentences or passing it up to a higher court if the max sentence is not big enough? I think we should be letting the judges know that the people are watching!
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