2019-07-15
Combined sentences of 21.5 years for pair caught with loaded gun
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Ms Justice Burns set the headline sentence for each man at 12 years and, after considering the mitigating circumstances, jailed O'Donoghue for 11 years and Whelan for ten years and six months. The sentences are backdated to July 13, 2018 when both men went into custody.