Court reports mentioning Blake Sweeney

2024-10-14

Killer back behind bars after attacking woman three weeks on from release

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted; Sweeney was sentenced to eight years and six months imprisonment with the last 18 months suspended, backdated to May 23, 2018 when he went into custody. The State applied for the activation of the suspended portion of Sweeney's manslaughter sentence under Section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act resulting from his conviction.; He was subsequently arrested and brought before Mr Justice Tony Hunt at a special sitting of the court in August and was remanded in custody to today's date.

2019-11-11

21-year-old who failed to heed "mother's wise counsel" is jailed for killing

Stage: Sentence

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted; Before delivering the sentence this morning, Mr Justice Hunt noted that Sweeney had cooperated with gardai by giving immediate and accurate accounts of the incident. "He assisted gardai in the recovery of the knife, which was discovered in a back garden," he commented, adding that his cooperation with authorities had continued beyond this. Sweeney was sentenced to eight years and six months imprisonment with the last 18 months suspended, backdated to May 23, 2018 when he went into custody.