2025-01-20 · Omeath, Louth
On-bail offender's suspended sentence for intimidating witness by ramming their car was too lenient
In January 2025 the Court of Appeal quashed a fully suspended sentence imposed on Conor McLoughlin, 44, who had 30 prior convictions. McLoughlin had pleaded guilty to intimidating a witness, criminal damage and other offences after ramming Grainne McGuigan's Volkswagen Passat on 27 March 2022. The original judge had set a headline sentence of…