2016-02-12
Sentence cut on appeal for man jailed over "prolonged and intensive" sexual abuse of step-daughter
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Birmingham said Coster's sentence, viewed in the context of sentences imposed in comparable cases, seemed to be "somewhat out of line and indeed appreciably so". Mr Justice Birmingham, who sat with Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan and Mr Justice Alan Mahon, imposed seven year sentences on all counts to run concurrently.