2015-02-16
Would-be robber who pointed imitation gun at gardaí will not face higher sentence despite appeal by prosecutors
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three years imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Desmond Hogan on April 7 2014. The Director of Public Prosecutions failed to appeal O'Reilly's sentence in the Court of Appeal today on the ground that it was too lenient.