Bread van thief tells judge case will end his career

A bread van thief rose up against his sentencing judge and told him he was appealing a previous sentence for another crime and that it would bring the judge’s career to an end.

John O’Driscoll, aged 28, of no fixed address, was previously sentenced to 12 years by the judge for endangering the life of a garda.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed 18 months on O’Driscoll, to run concurrently with the 12 years he is already serving.