2022-07-21 · Galway
State fails in appeal against 4.5-year sentence for two 'life changing' attacks
In a Court of Appeal hearing on 21 July 2022, the State's appeal to increase the jail term for David Bannerton was dismissed. Bannerton, aged 47, had been convicted of two separate assaults in June 2016 in Galway city centre. The first assault, against a 70‑year‑old pensioner, resulted in a two‑year jail term following a three‑year headline…