2017-03-06
Pair who left victim with severe, life-changing injuries have prison term increased
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge David Riordan sentenced Murphy at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to eight-and-a-half years imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended and O'Brien to six years imprisonment with the final year suspended on November 20, 2015. The three-judge Court of Appeal re-sentenced Murphy to eight-and-a-half years imprisonment and O'Brien to six-and-a-half years imprisonment today.