2016-02-05
Part-time RTE caterer has violent disorder sentence suspended on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: When Paul declined to do so, a "significant" custodial sentence was imposed, Mr Justice George Birmingham said. Mr Justice Biringham, who sat with Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan and Mr Justice Alan Mahon, said the court believed a suspended sentence hanging over Paul's head would act as a "sword of Damocles".