Dublin burglar jailed for four years

A Tallaght teenager who has accumulated 98 convictions in a short criminal career has been given a four-year sentence for burglaries in Kildare and south Dublin in 2007.

Thomas Stokes (aged 18) is currently serving a four-year sentence with one-year suspended imposed at Waterford Circuit Court in October 2007 for burglary and endangerment and is due for release in January 2010.