Six month sentence for man in Tullamore court who said he wanted to be locked up
A man who said he wanted to be locked up after he was cautioned by Gardai following his arrest was sentenced to six months in prison. Before Tullamore district court was Keith Kilroy (49) 19, Clonroosk View Portlaoise.
On February 2 2022 at Lavish Nails Spa, Portlaoise, Mr Kilroy damaged a CCTV to the value of €200. On February 22 2022, he smashed the window of The Bay Tree, Portlaoise, causing €250 worth of damage and took the till which contained €500. Blood was found on the windows, the same blood was later found on the defendant. The €500 was recovered.
Mr Kilroy had 110 previous convictions including burglary, robbery and one attempted robbery.
He was addicted to heroin and he committed theft to feed the addiction. He had been thrown out of a B&B where he was residing when the landlord learned he had trespassed, his solicitor told Judge Catherine Staines.
He cooperated with the gardai and pleaded guilty. His last conviction was in 2020 when he was sentenced to 3 years and six months in prison with two years and six months suspended.
Judge Catherine Staines noted that Mr Kilroy was in breach of a suspended sentence which will have to go back to the circuit court. She said the defendant had an appalling record and has a long standing heroin addiction. She noted he had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.
She imposed six months in the Midlands Prison.