2021-07-12
Pair appeal sentences for 'vicious and savage' attack that left man with severe brain injury
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Declan Byrne (34) of Spencer Dock, Dublin 1, against both conviction and sentence in relation to the same incident, did not proceed due to his last minute wish to change his legal team. Byrne was convicted of violent disorder following a trial and sentenced to nine years in prison with the final 12 months suspended.