LOOTER WHO STOLE RUNNERS DURING RIOTS BEFORE COURT

SHOP workers from three stores looted during the Dublin riots have described feeling fear and panic on the night.

- BY EIMEAR DODD

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard victim impact statements from a staff member of Foot Locker on O'Connell Street and from two staff working at Lifestyle Sports, Mary Street, during the sentence hearing of Thomas Dannevig.

Dannevig, 21, of Marram Avenue, Lanestown View, Donabate, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary on November 23, 2023, after entering two Foot Locker stores on O'Connell Street and Mary Street and a Lifestyle Sports store on Mary Street to take items.

The court was told he was not involved in the riots that evening, which started after some children and childcare workers were attacked on Parnell Street earlier that day.

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He was identified by members of the public after his photo was included in the release of 99 images of individuals nominated as people of interest in relation to the riots investigation.

Dannevig is not charged in relation to criminal damage at the shops, the court was told.

Karl Monahan BL, defending, said his client had been in town for food with friends and had no criminal intention.

He said his client "describes himself as having made an obviously stupid decision in relation to his behaviour on the night".

Dannevig later discarded the items he took, the court heard.

A staff member at Foot Locker on O'Connell Street said in her victim impact statement that she has been living in Ireland for 19 years and considered moving back to her home country as she "didn't feel safe here" after that night.