2018-06-11
15-year sentence for man who set fire to den, killing boy (12), is upheld
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Patricia Ryan on June 23, 2014. Upholding Griffin's 15 year sentence today, Mr Justice Birmingham said the circumstances of this particular offence were "very, very serious".