Man who threatened to kill a garda caught with phone in prison cell

A criminal serving sentences for violent disorder and for threatening to kill a garda has been given an extra two months’ jail for having a phone hidden in a prison cell.

Man who threatened to kill a garda caught with phone in prison cell

When told Leroy Dumberell had already been transferred from Mountjoy to Cork Prison as a punishment, Judge Alan Mitchell said: “Some people would like to move to Cork, but Dubs tend not to.”

Dumbrell, aged 30, from Emmett Rd, Inchicore, Dublin, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a mobile phone at his single-occupancy cell, in Mountjoy Prison, on June 6 last.

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