A homeless drug addict who stole lap-dancers’ money during a burglary at a Dublin strip club has been given a six-month sentence.
John Maughan-McDonagh (35), of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to the burglary which took place in the early hours of December 2nd at the Barclay Club on South William Street.
Garda Damien Guckian of Pearse Street station told Judge Michael Walsh that Maughan-McDonagh entered the club at 1.50am and walked upstairs where he “entered changing rooms of the staff and stole property from four of the staff”.
The court heard he took €600 and two identity cards which are issued by the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
None of the property was recovered, Garda Guckian added.
Maughan-McDonagh had eight previous convictions for similar burglaries. The court heard he had been given a nine-month sentence with three months suspended last week.
Judge Walsh imposed a six-month sentence but said he was taking into account the “principle of totality”.
Sparing him additional jail time, the judge ordered that the sentence would run concurrently with the term recently imposed.