A man who robbed an escort in a Dublin hotel room and put a knife to her throat has been sentenced to three years in prison with the final 18 months suspended.
Joey Fagan (35), of Rory O’Connor Park, Deansgrange, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery and production of a knife in a bedroom at the Clyde Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, on October 8th, 2012.
Garda Bryan Hunt said Fagan had made an arrangement to meet the Brazilian woman in her hotel room shortly before he robbed her. Garda Hunt told Karen O’Connor, prosecuting, that the woman had been in working in Ireland for several months and had been staying in the Clyde Court for a few days. She was providing an escort service to men in return for money.
She arranged by phone for a man to come to her hotel room for escort services. She said Fagan arrived and seemed a bit nervous. She got scared when he put his hand into his bag and she heard a noise made by something metal. Fagan then took out what the woman described as a 15in “handmade blade” and lunged towards her, holding the knife against her neck.
Fiona Murphy, defending, said Fagan was deeply ashamed and apologetic for what he had done. He told gardaí he was “off his face” on tablets that day.
Judge Raymond Groarke sentenced Fagan to three years in prison with the last 18 months suspended, on condition that he kept the peace and was of good behaviour for two years after release.