Man has suspended sentence reactivated after committing new offences

A man who recieved a suspended sentence for concealing information from gardaí about the violent death of one of his friends has had two years of that sentence reactivated after he was convicted of new offences.

A man who received a suspended sentence for concealing information from gardaí about the violent death of one of his friends has had two years of that sentence reactivated after he was convicted of new offences.

David Dempsey (aged 36), a father of two of Craigue Court, Ballymun, was given a three-year suspended sentence in March 2006 after he pleaded guilty to trying to hide evidence in the case that arose from the killing of separated father of three, Mr Anthony Jordan (aged 54) at Balbutcher Lane, Ballymun between May 10 and 11, 2003.