2016-01-19
Repeat offender who almost severed man's arm in meat cleaver attack fails in appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Pat McCartan jailed Healy for 15 years with the final five suspended in total – three years for the assault, four years consecutive on the second bill of indictment and eight years consecutive with the final five suspended for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to a motorist. Healy lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence today on grounds that the sentencing judge failed to take account of the totality principle.