2015-12-04
Arsonist who burnt down head shop causing busy city street to close for three days has jail term cut on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan on February 16, 2015. Flynn successfully appealed his sentence today on grounds that the judge did not directly address his potential for rehabilitation and accordingly, the Court of Appeal re-sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment with the final two suspended.