2018-04-23 · Dublin
Former Sinn Féin Councillor jailed for torturing man has 12-year term cut by more than a third
The Court of Appeal has reduced the prison sentences of Jonathan Dowdall and Patrick Dowdall, who pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning Alexander Hurley and threatening to kill him at their family home on January 15, 2015. The Court of Appeal found that the Special Criminal Court's criticisms regarding a Newton…