2023-07-14
Dowdall's sentence over Regency attack 'very lenient', court finds as appeal flops
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Mr Justice Birmingham said Dowdall had pointed to the divergence between the sentences imposed on him and on his co-accused and father, Patrick Dowdall, who received a sentence of two years for the same offence. Last October, Patrick Dowdall (65), who also pleaded guilty to facilitating the Hutch gang by making a hotel room available ahead of the murder, was sentenced to two years imprisonment.