2025-04-28
DPP seeks increased sentences for trio in "targeted" arson case
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Eugene O'Kelly sentenced McCormack Smith to six years with the final two years suspended at Carlow Circuit Court on July 31, 2024. In February 2024, McCormack Smith was sentenced to three years and two months with the final 12 months suspended for his role in a series of offences on January 23, 2022 during which a man died.