2014-11-11
DPP fails in appeal against sentence handed down to man convicted of indecently assaulting his step-daughter
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; The 56-year-old was sentenced to two years imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Carmel Stewart at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on April 23, 2013. The Director of Public Prosecutions had appealed Mr Rynne's sentence on grounds that it was unduly lenient.