2015-02-06
Burglar who made off with man's life savings has sentence reduced
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He was found guilty by a jury at Clonmel Circuit Criminal Court and sentenced to eight years imprisonment with the final two suspended by Judge Thomas Teehan on June 5 2013. Mr Justice Birmingham, who sat with President of the Court of Appeal Mr Justice Seán Ryan and Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan, imposed a new sentence of six years imprisonment with the final two suspended.