2014-11-24 · Wicklow
Wicklow man has violent disorder sentence reduced on appeal
Wesley O'Brien, aged 25, was sentenced to six years in prison for violent disorder and 3½ years for intentionally causing harm after assaulting Michael Connors in his home on 14 March 2009. The Court of Appeal reduced the violent disorder sentence to four years, keeping the 3½‑year term for harm. The appeal was based on the claim that O'Brien's…