2017-02-13
Teen boy sentenced to 4.5 years for fatal stabbing of Lorcan O'Reilly
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: But, due to the accused's early guilty plea, he was reducing the term by two years and would suspend the last 18 months of the sentence imposed. Mr Justice McCarthy said he the suspended part of the sentence would last for two years, during which time the accused must be of good behaviour, abstain from taking illegal substances, and not associate with such persons deemed inappropriate by the probation service, "save members of his immediate family".