Security worker jailed for providing information to criminals

A security company worker who provided information to criminals who had planned to steal €1m from a cash-in-transit van has been sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

In the first case of its kind to come before the courts, Darryl Caffrey (aged 34) of Cherry Park, Rivervalley, Swords pleaded guilty to "enhancing the ability of a criminal organisation to commit or facilitate a theft of cash from a vehicle" by providing information concerning the operation of the business of Chubb Ireland Ltd" at Tesco, Shackleton Road, Cellbridge on November 2, 2007.