2019-10-14
Burglar who impersonated garda fails in sentence appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Martin Conroy (45) was sentenced in Castlebar Circuit Court by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin on June 12, 2018 to five years imprisonment, with the final 18 months suspended, on condition that he attend residential treatment for alcohol addiction. The judge said that given the circumstances in the case, the sentence imposed by the Circuit Court in Castlebar was not disproportionate.