2025-12-16
'Unjust' to now jail bank worker who stole almost €200k and tried to set branch on fire, Court of Appeal finds
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: McCormack was sentenced to 240 hours of community service in lieu of four years in prison for arson and four years in prison suspended for a period of six years for in respect of the theft offences by Judge Keenan Johnson at Tullamore Circuit Court in October 2024. Mr Justice Alexander Owens today said the Court of Appeal did not propose to set aside the sentence imposed by the Circuit Court and resentence McCormack as "no useful purpose would be served by that course".