2016-12-16 · Cork
Lithuanian serving two sentences for robbing prostitutes has sentence cut on appeal
Gediminas Zigmantas, a 35‑year‑old Lithuanian, had his eight‑year prison sentence for robbing a prostitute at Cork's Metropole Hotel reduced to six years on appeal. He pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and robbery in 2015. The Court of Appeal, led by Justice Garrett Sheehan, found the original eight‑year term "somewhat excessive" compared with…