Inmate in prison riot sentenced to consecutive term

A MAN serving a 12-year sentence for attempted murder has received a consecutive jail term for his role in a Mountjoy Prison riot that left staff injured and caused €142,000 damage to a recreation area.

Detective Sergeant Karl Murray revealed that Jonathan Dunne, aged 26, of Windmill Park, Crumlin, Dublin, pleaded guilty to violent disorder at the station despite no CCTV footage connecting him to the incident.

The detective sergeant agreed with Iseult O’Malley, defending, that another inmate with a similar name had been involved in the offence and this confusion “may have permeated into the prosecution case” had her client elected for trial.