2021-02-08
Violent criminal has sentence increased for attacking and threatening to kill witness
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Niall Fitzgerald acted as a State witness in the road traffic case and Lennon was banned from driving for six years and sentenced to 90 hours community service. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Lennon to four and a half years in prison, noting that the victim had done "what every good citizen should do" by giving evidence in court.