Criminal jailed for threat to kill garda

A Dublin criminal who was jailed recently for conspiracy to steal €855,000 from a cash-in-transit van has received another five…

A Dublin criminal who was jailed recently for conspiracy to steal €855,000 from a cash-in-transit van has received another five-year sentence with one year suspended for threatening to kill a garda.

Jeffrey Morrow (27) of Hazelcroft Road, Finglas, pleaded guilty to making a threat to Garda Peter Murtagh that he would kill or seriously harm a garda at Mountjoy Prison on December 12th, 2006. He has 82 previous convictions, including theft, firearms and drugs offences.

Judge Patricia Ryan jailed Morrow for six years last October for his role in a conspiracy to steal from a cash van at Tesco, Celbridge on November 2nd, 2007.