2025-07-28
21-year-old who branded garda 'rat' may have jail term replaced with community service
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Cupcea was convicted in the District Court and given a sentence of two months in custody for the section 8 charge, with the other charge taken into consideration. He decided he would request a report to assess if Cupcea was suitable to complete community service.; The case was adjourned until September 4 for the community service report to be produced.