2016-04-12
Drug addict who burgled and burnt down elderly widower's home fails in sentence appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: One year earlier, Doyle had been given a three-year sentence for robbery but it was suspended in full in the hope that he would deal with his heroin addiction. Mr Justice Sheehan said a suspended sentence was imposed in respect of the robbery "in the hope that he would deal with his heroin addiction".