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Son of Dublin steakhouse shooting victim jailed for string of violent crimes & clash with armed cops during home search
THE son of fatal shooting victim Jason Hennessy Snr has been jailed for a string of violent crimes including an aggressive confrontation with armed gardai during a tense search of his Dublin home.
Jason Hennessy Jnr, 28, pleaded guilty before Judge Catherine Hayden, who imposed sentences totalling six months and a two-year road ban.
Hennessy, of Sheephill Avenue, Blanchardstown, faced 15 charges: violent disorder, dangerous driving, obstructing drug search, and having a passenger with no seatbelt from 2019 to 2022 in the Blanchardstown area.
At Blanchardstown District Court, Garda Sergeant Ian Abbey outlined the facts on behalf of nine prosecuting
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Jason Jnr had to be restrained by members of the ASU, resisted the search of the property, and when one officer entered, he stood up in an extremely aggressive stance.
He shouted abuse and told an officer to 'f*** off'.
The accused told the officer, 'You won't be searching this house,' and 'squared up' to the garda, entering his personal space and placing his head close to him.
Detective Garda Megan Furey told the court that she had dealings with him twice on June 23, 2019.
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The first occurred at Blanchardstown Courthouse, where Hennessy called her a 'f***ing tramp' and was arrested under the Public Order Act.
At 8.19 pm that night, as she and colleagues engaged in a 'covert operation', she observed him driving after another car on the Blakestown Road, where he sped 'straight through a red light'.
DRIVING AT SPEED
There were male occupants in his car, and armed colleagues were alerted due to the nature of the operation, targetting criminal activity in the area.
The vehicle turned back in her direction, travelled towards her at speed, and went back through the junction of Blakestown Road and Blakestown Way 'at high speed on the wrong side of the road'.
On April 3, 2020, he drove a car with a young child in the back with no seatbelt.
The court heard that on June 22, 2020, at 1 am in the cell area of Blanchardstown Garda station, the gaoler did a routine check in cell number 3 to check on the prisoner.
CELL INCIDENTS
Hennessy told the garda, 'You are a blonde muppet, turn off the light.' He threw water from the toilet, saying, 'Do you want water? You will have to drag me out.'
He then began throwing litter from his meal that day. He had to be removed, as he became very aggressive, acting violently to gardaí, and the cell had to be cleaned.
Gardai spotted him on May 8, 2020, with a group where one of them was 'acting suspiciously' outside the Laurel Lodge shopping centre.
The garda retrieved a mobile phone from Hennessy and held it when it received a notification.
Hennessy then 'became aggressive and threw the mobile phone on the ground, causing it to break. He became violent and had to be restrained and was arrested for obstruction'.
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Jason Hennessy Jnr, 28, was sentenced to six months and also handed a two-year road ban
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