2021-09-16
Man 'wrongly convicted' of murdering defenceless pensioner now eligible for release
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: He sentenced him to nine years in prison with the final two suspended, with the sentence to run consecutively with a two-year term Cummins received in 2014 for arson. You have an opportunity now to lead a life away from crime, so take it." Caroline Biggs SC, for Cummins, had earlier told Mr Justice Michael White that her client was "wrongly convicted of the most heinous crime known to Irish law" and had spent years in prison believing he would serve a life sentence.