2020-01-28
Suspended sentence for drunk driver who crashed into nurse was "too lenient"
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Dismissed
Outcome: Dismissed; The Court of Appeal found Craughwell's sentence to have been "unduly lenient" today, and he was immediately jailed for 15 months. Mr Justice Birmingham, who sat with Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy, re-sentenced Craughwell to two-and-a-half years imprisonment with the final 15 months suspended.