A man has been jailed for nine months after admitting breaking into a house in Letterkenny and stealing a bicycle and power tools.<\/p>\n
Dean Kelly appeared at Letterkenny District Court by videolink from Castlerea Prison where he is serving a sentence for another incident.<\/p>\n
Kelly, aged 30 and with an address at The Green, Convoy, is charged with burglary at a house at Glencar Irish on August 31st, 2024.<\/p>\n
Garda Sergeant Maurice Doyle outlined how a shed at a house at Glencar Irish was broken into.<\/p>\n
A Giant brand of bicycle valued at \u20ac800 and power tools to the value of \u20ac400 were taken.<\/p>\n
The court was told that Kelly was arrested on March 6th, 2025 and admitted breaking into the shed and stealing the items.<\/p>\n
The bicycle was recovered but the power tools were never found.<\/p>\n
The court was told that the accused man has 23 previous convictions including burglary and robbery.<\/p>\n
He is currently serving a two year sentence which was handed down recently at Letterkenny Circuit Court after he struck a taxi man twice with a slash hook.<\/p>\n
Solicitor for Kelly, Mr Patsy Gallagher, said his client lost his mother at a young age and that other people had stepped in to looked after him.<\/p>\n
He said he left school at an early age and became involved with alcohol and drugs.<\/p>\n
He added that on the night in question, Kelly was not the only person present and that the accused was in the court\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
Passing sentence, Judge Grainne Malone said she accepted Kelly was in custody and that she did not intend to increase his sentence.<\/p>\n
She said he had pleaded guilty, made admissions and accepted responsibility.<\/p>\n
She said there was a plea of guilty but also said there were a lot of previous convictions.<\/p>\n
Judge Malone said the issue of burglary and trespass caused a lot of stress for the victims and told Kelly that he has to understand that if he keeps \u201cgoing down this route\u201d he can get a consecutive sentence.<\/p>\n
She sentenced Kelly to nine months in prison for the theft but said the sentence is to run concurrently to his current sentence.<\/p>\n
Man jailed for nine months for breaking into Letterkenny house was last modified: March 23rd, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n
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