Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Sean Casey

This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.

2015-11-17

Man whose driving killed one woman and paralysed another has jail term cut by three years on appeal

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to seven years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 30 years by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin on February 17 2014. The Court of Appeal imposed a new sentence on him today of five years imprisonment with the final 12 months suspended.; However, sentencing was adjourned on foot of a fresh victim impact report submitted by the parents of Ms Petford who wished to detail their "abhorrence" at the proposed reduction in his sentence.

2015-10-19

Sentencing of drunk driver who caused death of one woman and paralysed another adjourned after letter received by court

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to seven years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 30 years by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin on February 17 2014. He was due to be sentenced by the three-judge court today.; The Court of Appeal adjourned sentencing until November 17 next.

2015-07-31

7-year sentence imposed on drunk driver who caused death of one woman and paralysed another was "out of line", appeal court finds

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to seven years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 30 years by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin on February 17 2014. In all but two of the eight cases, sentences of below five years were imposed.; Mr Justice Sheehan said the court wished to give careful consideration to the question of imposing a new sentence and the matter was put back to October 19 next.

2015-06-23

Drunk driver who was four times over limit when his driving killed one young woman and paralysed another appeals sentence

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to seven years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 30 years by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin on February 17 2014. Moving to appeal his sentence today, counsel for Casey, Tom Creed SC, said his client always knew, "almost out of a sense of atonement", that he was going to get a custodial sentence.