2025-07-17
Sentences increased for trio in 'targeted and pre-meditated' arson attack
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Eugene O'Kelly sentenced McCormack Smith to six years with the final two years suspended at Carlow Circuit Court on July 31, 2024. She said that the appropriate headline sentence for McCormack Smith was ten years for the arson offence, which was reduced to eight years with the final year suspended.