2014-11-12 · Dublin
Man who "put the fear of God into people" with imitation firearms loses appeal against sentence
Keith Meehan, aged 36, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment with the final three years suspended for five robberies, one attempted robbery and six counts of possessing imitation firearms between 2010 and 2011. The Court of Appeal rejected his appeal, finding the sentence imposed by Judge Martin Nolan appropriate. Meehan's convictions included…