2017-10-23 · Limerick
Youth who robbed parked motorist has balance of six-year sentence suspended
Christopher Higgins, aged 22, pleaded guilty to robbing a motorist in Limerick on 17 March 2015, taking €80 and a wifi dongle. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, by Judge Tom O'Donnell in May 2016. Higgins appealed, arguing that mitigating factors were not fully considered. The Court of Appeal, led by…