Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Anthony Locke

This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.

2016-04-18

Convicted killer jailed for five years for cleaning up murder scene

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: The court previously heard that in 1998 Anthony Locke was jailed for ten years for starting a fire in a flat which caused the deaths of a man and his pregnant girlfriend. Mr Justice McCarthy then sentenced Locke to eight years in prison with the final three years suspended.; On January 21 2016, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy told defence counsel Mr Padraig Dwyer SC that this case appeared "in principle to be an appropriate case for a partial suspension of a custodial sentence." The judge told Mr Dwyer that his "concern" would be that the condition of Anthony Locke "be monitored" and "how that would be done." Mr Dwyer suggested at the time that the court put back the sent

2016-01-21

Dublin man found guilty of impeding murder investigation was previously convicted of setting fire that killed man and his pregnant girlfriend

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: In 1998, Anthony Locke was jailed for ten years for starting a fire in a flat which caused the deaths of a man and his pregnant girlfriend. The court heard a "very serious event" happened in 1995 when a fire was started by Mr Locke in a flat which caused the deaths of two people. "This resulted in a trial and sentence was imposed on Mr Locke in March 1998.; Today, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy told defence counsel Mr Padraig Dwyer SC that the case appeared "in principle to be an appropriate case for a partial suspension of a custodial sentence." The judge told Mr Dwyer that his "concern" would be that the condition of Anthony Locke "be monitored" and "how that would be done." Mr Dwyer suggested that the court put back the sentencing date to await a "pr