2018-12-14
Jail term upheld for man who set fire to family home
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to seven years imprisonment with the final two suspended by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin last year. Counsel for Kelly, Donal O'Sullivan BL, submitted that the headline sentence was too high and insufficient weight was given to the mitigating factors.