Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Adam Murphy

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2024-12-18

Callous car thieves who left businessman to die see jail terms increased

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: In bringing an undue leniency appeal before the Court of Appeal in October, counsel for the DPP, David Perry BL, said that Murphy was sentenced to nine and a half years for manslaughter, plus two and a half years consecutive to that for the other offences, with this latter aspect of the sentence suspended in its entirety to foster rehabilitation. He said the DPP took issue with both the two-and-a-half-year sentence imposed on Murphy and its suspension, arguing that although the headline sentence was set at four and a half years, it should have been five.

2024-11-27

Serial offender who left businessman to die during car theft gets five-year term for earlier crime spree

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Murphy of Cherry Orchard Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was handed a 12-year sentence with the final two-and-a-half years suspended on strict conditions.

2024-11-20

Serial offender who left businessman to die during car theft was involved in earlier crime spree, court hears

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Murphy of Cherry Orchard Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was handed a 12-year sentence with the final two-and-a-half years suspended on strict conditions.; Having heard the facts, Judge Orla Crowe adjourned the case for finalisation on November 27.

2024-10-17

Sentences imposed on callous car thieves who left businessman to die were too lenient, State says

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Murphy, of Cherry Orchard Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for manslaughter, but Judge Dara Hayes suspended the final two and a half years on strict conditions in order to incentivise rehabilitation.

2024-02-12

Serial thief who killed businessman as he tried to stop him stealing car gets 9.5 years

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Murphy was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment but Judge Hayes suspended the final two and a half years on strict conditions in order to incentivise rehabilitation. Murphy was disqualified from driving for 12 years from today's date and McCormick-Smith was disqualified for seven years.

2023-12-21

Businessman killed as he tried to stop serial car thief taking his vehicle

Stage: Charge Or Pretrial

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He noted the "heart breaking" victim impact statements and the views of the Director of Public Prosecutions before adjourning the matter for finalisation on February 12 next.