2025-12-16
Serial arsonist tried to set garda's car on fire using vegetable oil
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Dunphy imposed a sentence of two years with the final nine months suspended on strict conditions. Judge Dunphy remanded Dowling on bail to appear at a sitting of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday in relation to the potential re-activation of the part-suspended sentence.; Judge Dunphy remanded Dowling on bail to appear at a sitting of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday in relation to the potential re-activation of the part-suspended sentence.