2024-05-09
Four-year sentence for man who broke into teen's home and attacked him with machete was too lenient, court finds
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Quashing this sentence, Ms Justice Ni Raifeartaigh set a headline sentence of ten years before imposing a sentence of eight and a half years with the final two and a half years suspended, meaning Dullaghan will serve six years in prison. Dullaghan was a young adult at the time of normal intelligence, so Ms Justice Ni Raifeartaigh said that the headline sentence should have been selected as appropriate for an adult.