Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning Sidney Sutton
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2024-12-06
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Mr Sutton was originally sentenced to two years with the final 12 months suspended, but the Court of Appeal then ruled that sentence was too lenient and ordered him to serve a further 16 months, with Mr Justice John Edwards describing the alleged stabbing as "the culmination of a prolonged incident involving extreme domestic violence." However, in April 2021 the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and acceded to the DPP's application for a retrial.
2024-10-10
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Mr Sutton was sentenced to two years with the final 12 months suspended, but the Court of Appeal then ruled that sentence was too lenient and ordered him to serve a further 16 months, with Mr Justice John Edwards describing the alleged stabbing as "the culmination of a prolonged incident involving extreme domestic violence." However, in April 2021 the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and acceded to the DPP's application for a retrial.
2024-07-01
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Mr Sutton was sentenced to two years with the final 12 months suspended, but the Court of Appeal then ruled that sentence was too lenient and ordered him to serve a further 16 months, with Mr Justice John Edwards describing the alleged stabbing as "the culmination of a prolonged incident involving extreme domestic violence." However, in April 2021 the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and acceded to the DPP's application for a retrial.; Ms Justice Tara Burns, on behalf of the three-judge court, said that the matter would be adjourned until October 10 next. "I want to tell the State that when the case is overturned, I want two billion euro," said Mr Sutton.
2021-04-26
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Mr Sutton was sentenced to two years with the final 12 months suspended but the Court of Appeal previously ruled that sentence was too lenient and ordered him to serve a further 16 months.