Windows of eight Charleville businesses smashed during one crime spree

Accused — who is already in jail for arson and has now had his sentence increased — had 99 previous convictions, 30 of them for causing criminal damage

A total of eight businesses in Charleville were targeted during the spree. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Business owners throughout Charleville arrived to open their businesses to find that front windows had been smashed overnight leaving them with repair bills running into thousands of euro.

That was the scenario described by Garda Tony O’Connor who investigated the vandalism spree after 3am on the morning of June 1, 2023.