2016-07-28
Dumbrell loses appeal over city-centre car chase sentence
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for five years by Judge Mary Ellen Ring on July 30, 2015. Dismissing Dumbrell's appeal against sentence today, Mr Justice Alan Mahon said Dumbrell had gotten into a car and drove away after the owner had left his vehicle with the engine running.; When he pleaded guilty, sentencing was adjourned for a month and later adjourned again.