2018-07-02
Man who robbed pizzeria with chainsaw-wielding accomplice avoids jail
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At the original sentence hearing in December 2016 defence barrister, Sorcha Whelan BL, said Dempsey had a cocaine drug debt at the time of the offence. Judge Greally imposed consecutive sentences totalling six years which she suspended in full for three years.; Judge Melanie Greally had previously adjourned the case for a year placing Dempsey on a probation bond during which time he would undergo probation supervision under strict conditions.