2020-01-30
"Absolutely no regard for rule of law": consecutive sentences upheld for serial burglar
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: As the second and third burglaries were committed while on bail, Delaney was given a consecutive sentence upon a consecutive sentence by Judge Elma Sheahan, totally eight years imprisonment with the final year suspended on March 1, 2019. Delaney lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence today, with the Court of Appeal holding that the Circuit Court judge was "entirely justified" to impose a consecutive sentence upon a consecutive sentence.